Food Free Alternative Easter Egg : Suitable for children with food allergies
Children with food allergies can often feel left out and upset when an event revolves around food. Not being able to eat certain foods can cause children social distress. Sometimes it is necessary to think up a non-food option, so the child does not have to be completely excluded. According to a study published by [...]
Skin Food : Are your skincare products suitable if you have a food allergy?
Food products need to declare allergen information in more and more countries across the world. It is becoming standard to buy food products with the list of ingredients that they contain included in the labeling, often with allergens highlighted. However, the same consideration is not extended to skincare products. People who are effected by food [...]
Pitta Pizza 10 minute lunchbox meal : Gluten & dairy free option included
It is a familiar story worldwide… children are going back to school, parents are searching for quick, easy and healthy lunch box ideas. Here is the first in a series of 10-minute lunchbox ideas, Pitta Pizza. What you need: 1 wholemeal pitta 1 slice of good quality ham
AVA updates allergen labeling law in Singapore
The AVA (the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore) have amended the Sale of Food Act, which in a nutshell now means that there is a new allergen labeling law, which ALL companies importing their goods into Singapore have to abide by. Although the labeling requirement was for the 15th April 2011, the companies do [...]
Allergy Safe Family Food : The Cookbook
I was walking to my local Fairprice Finest this morning, with CJ as we do most mornings. Quite often they have a little stall outside selling special items. This morning it was books. Usually I just walk past, as the offering is normally old Steven King books, or battered and possibly used copies of The [...]
Nutting Nutty : Nuts about Sweet William Dairy free chocolate bars
A good friend of mine regularly stocks up on Sweet William chocolate products whenever she is back in Australia. Sweet William products are dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free and of course nut-free! Well, I have great news… these fab products are now available in Singapore. I have found them at the Cold Storage in the Nex shopping [...]