You may remember that I was sent a couple of boxes of these a while ago, to share and taste ... here's what we made of them. People who tasted these for me included coeliacs and non-coeliacs; the coeliacs came from my house, from my village (yes, my village of under 300 people has 4 coeliacs that I know of, and only one of them related to me), … [Read more...]
Mars Bars: animal-free, but not gluten-free
Mars, the sweetie-people, took out a full page ad in my newspaper this morning - and presumably in everybody else's newspaper as well - to apologise for adding animal products to Mars Bars, and to explain that the offending items would be removed as soon as possible. This was done as a result of vegetarians complaining to Mars about the … [Read more...]
Is there any awareness of Awareness Week?
It's Coeliac Awareness Week here in the UK - 14-20 May. Did you know? There are a number of events going on across the country, and Coeliac UK have managed to get coverage on a lot of mainstream media - radio, TV, newspapers and magazines. Their newsletter about this week's events is available here. But how many people are actually aware of … [Read more...]
