An influx of supermarket listings for coconut flour suggests it could become the next coconut product to achieve widespread popularity, after sales of coconut water have grown by 73% in recent years. An organic coconut flour from The Groovy Food Company launched in Tesco yesterday, whilst a similar product from Biona went on sale in […]
Embrace veganism this January with issue 1 of Vegan Food & Living! The makers of Free-From Heaven are very excited to introduce brand new magazine Vegan Food & Living. Aimed at vegans and those looking to adopt a vegan diet, issue 1 is on sale now packed with 101 plant-based recipes, informative features, and expert […]
The study suggests 4 in 10 would eat seafood or poultry past their use-by date, 17% consider themselves to have an allergy or intolerance and 58% fail to regularly read food labels. A BBC Good Food study suggests that 42% of the population would eat poultry and 39% fish/seafood past its use-by date. The survey […]
Parents have been urged to sign-up for a free sugar app that examines the sugar content of more than 75,000 common food and drink products. The Change4Life Sugar Smart app is designed to show quickly and easily how much total sugar is in the things you’re buying, eating and drinking, to help you spot it more […]
West Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has confirmed plans to stop prescribing gluten-free food for all adults from 1 January 2016 but will continue to prescribe bread, pasta, flour and pastry mixes following the National Prescribing Guidelines for children. Dr Ian Mack, chairman of West Norfolk CCG and a GP in Watlington, said: “West Norfolk CCG […]
We were lucky enough to be invited to spend the evening at a cookery class with celebrated nutritionist, blogger and author of ‘Get the Glow’, Madeleine Shaw, at an event hosted by raw chocolatiers, Ombar, where we learnt how to make delicious treats from the finest raw chocolate. We share Madeleine’s top tips for healthy baking, […]
Meet Grub – a UK food company with a unique offering: edible insects. Are you brave enough to try their innovative, healthy snacks? Not long ago, they heard how people all over the world were getting their protein through eating insects, and were ultimately having less impact on the planet as a result. After a […]
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has released a ‘free from’ guidance document to advise retailers, producers and authorities on how to make a free-from claim on a product. There are currently no specific rules at UK or EU level which govern manufacturers of free-from foods claims that their products are in fact ‘free from’, which […]
Britain’s biggest beer festival organiser, CAMRA, is refusing to sell ales from breweries who are unable to provide a full ingredients list for their ales, as they want to list ingredients in a new move to help drinkers with food allergies or intolerances. It’s no secret that most beers contain gluten, which leaves over 600,000 Britons […]
Antony Worrall Thompson presented the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards silver salver of excellence to Sarah Ormond Smith of the Canterbury restaurant, Oscar & Bentleys at a presentation ceremony at Food Matters Live yesterday. The awards are sponsored by Sodexo. Oscar & Bentleys, second time winner of the Restaurant category at the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, […]