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Sulphites in cake, or other food and drink, need to be identified because they are on of the 14 European Union listed food allergens. Sulphites consist of a group of sulphur based chemicals, one of which is sulphur dioxide. I had wondered in my last blog about soya if that was the most hidden food allergen. But it would appear …
Soya is one of the 14 allergens that require listing in food products. These are the food allergens currently defined as being most likely to cause an allergic or intolerant reaction. As I mentioned in my last blog, soya is a legume. So it’s in the same plant family as peanuts and lupin, 2 other listed food allergens. The Foods …
I have such a love/fear relationship with peanuts. Love because peanut products are some of my favourite everyday treats. Crunchy peanut butter spread thickly on doorsteps of freshly baked bread was always a hunger ‘go to’. Honey roasted peanuts, Snickers, either as the chocolate bar or ice cream, were more. You can see I have none of those food allergies, …
Nuts, or the true definition, ‘tree nuts’, and peanuts are two separate categories under the European Union food allergy listing. This is shown in a useful guide by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The tree nut allergy listing includes almonds, walnuts, Brazil’s, macadamia… you get the idea. But it does not include coconut or pine nuts. Peanuts are also not …
Gluten allergy, hmm. I’d wondered in my last blog if I was likely to be able to say all I wanted to about gluten in a single blog. I do like a challenge. But there is so much to talk about here that it might take more than one. Hope that you enjoy reading what I share! Ok, I’ll give …
Or is it? Egg is one of the 14 European Union listed food allergens which have to be identified in any food products. The Food Standards Agency provides information about what to expect in relation to these products for businesses and the public. A useful FSA link with information about this is provided here. I discussed the increase of veganism …
When I started to consider writing blogs about our experiences of using dairy free milk and cream I had no idea it would need so much space to cover it all. It just goes to show how much information is available and just how big an impact dairy has. I do not have this allergy so cannot speak from personal …
I’ve noticed that dairy free cream options continue to increase and hope discussing them will be useful. I’ve included a number of links to make explorations easier and hope you find something here of interest. Before I focus the on dairy free and soya free products that we use in bakeit freefrom I’d like to share a product that I …
So, more about dairy free fats. Rapeseed oil couldn’t meet all our dairy fat replacement needs and I found another excellent product, virgin coconut oil. Coconut oil has a number of health benefits for diet and the body more generally. The wide range of uses is discussed in this interesting article by Cooking Detective. I know that this is going …
So, on to bakeit freefrom’s ‘true’ dairy free explorations… Our kits are dairy free because ‘dairy’ is one of the 14 EU listed food allergens. Our Allergen free page gives more information about the full list. In recent years there has been an increase of products that are from cows which address some of the allergy issues. For example milk …
