As a rule, buckwheat is gluten free: despite the name, it isn’t wheat – it’s actually a seed. However, in this case, there is an issue with Dove’s Farm Buckwheat Flour – the 1kg bags with a batch code of 2011 and best before date of 12/10/12. Low levels of gluten have been found in [...]
Another one! Are we going to get a spate of alerts from companies about green lentils now? The Co-operative have recalled all date codes of Wholefoods Dried Lentilles Vertes due to undeclared wheat. You know what to do: don’t eat them, but take them back… It is interesting, isn’t it, to find out how the [...]
That gluten gets everywhere, doesn’t it? (Lentils?) I received an alert late last night that visible wheat grains have been detected in Sainsbury’s Lentilles Vertes (500g) which have – not surprisingly – not been declared on the label. I have to say, it probably wouldn’t even occur to me to check the label on lentils! [...]
I seem to have posted a lot of allergy alerts about gluten free oats recently, covering all the major supermarkets here in the UK. I suspect that the number of recent alerts is because they all source their free from oats from the same supplier. And I’ve posted a fair few alerts over time… But [...]
You’ll have seen that Sainsbury’s and then Tesco alerted us all to a potential problem with various free from oat products a couple of days ago… Asda sent out an alert last night; and I’ve just received one about Delicious Alchemy oats this morning. Asda Chosen by You Pure Oat Muesli (Free From), 450g Best [...]
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