Oh dear, this is unfortunate: Morrisons Celery Fruit and Peanut Salad (250g) with a use by date of 27 October may contain pesto pasta. I imagine there was a bit of a mixup with salads in the factory - as far as I know, Morrisons don't produce a gluten free pasta salad (hint: would be a good idea, though!) If you've bought one of these … [Read more...]
Tasting Gluten Free Bread
Have you ever wondered how foods get from idea to plate? I have, so I'm always interested in finding out how companies go about product development. Recently, I was invited to join a Dr Schär tasting panel, at an agricultural college in rural Cheshire. (Dr Schär is the company behind several brands. In the UK, these are: DS-gluten … [Read more...]
Winter Flu, Pneumonia and Coeliac Disease
Winter is coming... We visited the medical practice yesterday for some travel inoculations. That was fun, as you can imagine: me, plus three large teenagers, in a small nurse's office, each receiving a variety of jabs in both arms... Anyway, as we were wrapping up (and retrieving one feeling-faint daughter from the floor) the nurse said … [Read more...]
