We are in the middle of the 2023 FreeFrom Food Awards* judging season and Thursday was the day for dairy free/vegan cheese. I was not present at the judging so I have no idea what the judges thought of the entries. But I did find a whole stack of remains in my fridge after …
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Language matters
An excellent post on Alex's Allergy Insight blog about the importance of language and how dangerous it is for terms around allergy to be poorly be defined. What does 'vegan', let alone '100% vegan, mean for someone who is allergic to cow's milk or eggs? What is really referred …
Meet The Vegan Willy Wonka Who’s Raising The Bar On Ethical Business
The prospect of any freefrom industry gathering is always cheered by the prospect of seeing Adrian Ling, MD of the highly successful, totally freefrom and super ethical Plamil Foods, makers and major exporters of soya milk and dairy free chocolate. It is, of course, always …
Italian attitudes to ‘freefrom’
I recently received an email from Italy, from Caroline Hamilton, an Australian freelance journalist who lives and works in Italy – and we then had the following exchange. It would be very interesting to know whether any of you agree with our reading of the situation in Italy – …
‘FreeFrom’ – past, present – and to come…
To celebrate a new 'freefrom' year here is a brief run down of where 'freefrom' came from and where I think it could be going. Originally put together for a group of industry innovators at Food Matters Live in November, I thought it might be a positive way to start 2016! A …