October 2009 Archives

As the shops are starting to stock up on all the Christmas "stuff" I thought it may be a good time (sorry!) to remind us all of the Free From Foods Award Winners in the Christmas Goodies Section.

If you would like to look at all of this years winners then please check out the Free From Food Awards Website. www.freefromfoodawards.co.uk

And the winners were:

Winner:
Especially Delicious Christmas cake - http://www.especiallydelicious.co.uk

Highly commended:
Gluten Free Kitchen Christmas cake - http://www.glutenfreefood.info
Tesco Christmas pudding - http://www.tesco.com
Tesco mince pies - http://www.tesco.com
Village Bakery organic Christmas cake - http://www.village-bakery.com

Commended:
Barkat Christmas pudding
Livwell iced Christmas cake
Lovemore free-from mince pies
Pure Flavour mince pies

Ocado stock a range called BabyDeli which covers Stage 1 (from 4 months) to Stage 3 (from 10 months).

BabyDeli have their own website that shows their range - BabyDeli

Their products are all organic (soil association certified) and the range includes

• Hetty's Special Spaghetti
• Dylan's Scrumptious Scrumpy Chicken
• Strawberry Puree
• Rosy Posy Pasta
• Apple Puree
• Max's Wicked Chicken
• Cauliflower Puree
• Holly Bolly's Cheesy Cauli
• Cheeky Tally's Pretty Pink Fish Pie
• Broccoli Puree

As ever Ocado list all of the ingredients and also state which food allergens they are "free from". Check out the list at the Ocado Website.

The BabyDeli range is also sold through Graig Farm Organics

Unfortunately Craig Farm Organics do not list the ingredients or allergens but you can buy from their website and they also have a large number of outlets that can be found here

Waitrose have recently extended their Free From range which now includes:

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten Free Shortcake biscuits
Gluten Free Double Chocolate Muffins
Gluten Free Fruit Slices
Gluten Free Ginger Cake Slices
Gluten Free Date & Walnut Slices
Gluten Free Raspberyy Tarts
Gluten Free Cherry Bakewells
Gluten Free Almond Tarts

These products can be found in either Waitrose Deliver or Ocado

Waitrose Deliver
Ocado

Further information can also be found on our sister website www.food4allergies.com

We recently spotted a Gluten Free sign on a menu for the National Express East Coast main line. It appears that in their on board Cafe Bar you can now buy

"Farmhouse Cheddar cheese with caramelised onion relish in Gluten-free roll."

This does appear to be the only Gluten Free item on any of their menus however and there are no other food allergy options such as wheat, dairy or egg free!

A good start though...?

The menu can be found here

National Express, East Coast, Cafe Bar

If you know of any other food allergy menus on board train services please let us know - contact@freefromfood.co.uk

Following lots of emails we have added a section on gluten free beers to our sister site (http://www.food4allergies.com).

The products covered include:

• Greens
• Schnitzer
• Against the Grain
• Hambleton Ales
• St Peters G-Free
• Ambar

The details can be found in the food section of the website (or here). If you have found any other gluten free beers or know where you can buy these then please let us know by logging on and leaving a comment or email us - contact@freefromfood.co.uk