We all do it, even if the best etiquette manuals say not to: using your own knife or spoon to dip out some butter or marmalade. If that knife has just spread butter on your 'normal' bread, and then you dip it into the marmalade - or back in the butter - the chances are high that you've just added some crumbs with gluten into the butter or … [Read more...]
Allergy Alert: gluten contamination
The Food Standards Agency issued an allergy alert this week, after being notified that some prawn cracker products contain gluten that is not listed on the label. The products affected are: Spar Prawn Crackers, 50g Spar Spicy Crackers, 50g Co-op Prawn Crackers, 80g Asda Prawn Crackers, 25g, 45g and 70g Asda Thai Crackers, … [Read more...]
Prescription prices go up in April …
... from £6.65 per item to £6.85 per item so if you're dithering over whether to get a pre-payment certificate ('season ticket') for your gluten free prescriptions you'll save more if you get one before 1 April. Though you can backdate your season ticket (and therefore reclaim the cost of prescriptions) for one month - so in practice you have … [Read more...]
