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...]
Another Northern Baker Enters Gluten Free Market
Just in from a quick dash to Tesco again (I seem to have been to one supermarket or another every day this week) where I found: Genius pains au chocolat (more on these when we've tasted them) Roberts 'Yes! You Can' brown bread It's interesting that yet another mainstream baker has joined the gluten free providers. Roberts Bakery is … [Read more...]
Gluten Free Tipping Point?
Are we at a tipping point? Has living gluten free finally become normalised? In the course of one day last week, I learnt that: one of the restaurants in our nearest town has a gluten free menu one of the bakeries in that town has a poster in the window, advertising that they stock gluten free products (it turns out these are from … [Read more...]
