A heartbroken father whose 11-year-old son died after suffering from the effects of a peanut allergy has criticised the organisers of a festival which gave away sweets containing nuts. Chesterfield Cororner’s Court heard how Aaron O’Farrell, of East Street, Doe Lea, Chesterfield, ate something from the festival and then started to feel sick and was […]
When a friend of John Rudd told him that she hadn’t eaten a Cornish pasty for 20 years due to her coeliac condition, he decided to help. Four years later The Good Food Bakery is not only bringing in the dough, but supplying gluten free pasties to customers all over the UK. No one person […]
A recent study explains that people sensitive to gluten, but not suffering from coeliac disease, have a weakened intestinal barrier that causes a variety of gastrointestinal and extraintestinal symptoms after eating bread and other products with wheat, rye or barley. The study was published in the journal Gut on Monday, July 25, and it suggests […]
A mum-of-two claims she nearly died when she ate an ice-cream with her children – because Tesco had put a regular cone in a dairy-free box sparking a severe allergic reaction. Rebecca Jones was enjoying the nice weather with her children when she and two-year-old Bronwen had a Tesco “Free From” ice cream at their home […]
An Ohio college in the US has opened what it says is the first entirely gluten-free dining hall in the country. Kent State University restructured Prentice Café in Prentice Hall after administrators noticed a rising number of students with gluten intolerance. Kent State says it’s the first campus to offer an entire dining hall that’s certified […]
A Dublin-based café owner has come under fire for telling customers who order gluten-free food they need to bring a doctor’s note – otherwise he won’t serve them. This is not the first time the outspoken café owner at The White Moose Café has caused a social media storm, as earlier this year he threatened to give crying […]
Dog friendly restaurant chain, Porky’s BBQ, has created London’s first burger for dogs – in partnership with their friends at Murphy’s Bakery. Available exclusively at Porky’s BBQ restaurants, the new addition to the menu will be served to celebrate National Burger Day on August 25th and National Dog Day on August 26th. The brand has […]
Coeliac UK been working with FoodMaestro to develop a new, alternative mobile app to support their members with their gluten-free diet. The new Gluten Free Food Checker app works differently to Gluten-free on the Move as it focuses solely on food, however both apps will run alongside each other so Coeliac UK can find out what works […]
Shloer’s range of adult soft drinks now includes delicious tropical mango and passion fruit flavours! Shloer have expanded their range of adult soft drinks to include a new flavour, mango & passion fruit with ‘no added sugar’. The new flavour, which features stevia leaf extract, contains 30% juice and 22 calories per 100ml, and is, […]
A team of researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) decided to find out why so many people claim to suffer from non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, and prove its existence with a blood test… Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder, which means that every time a patient consumes foods containing gluten — their immune system attacks the lining of the small intestine, and […]