Gluten Free Claims, Gluten Friendly or Wheat Free – Are We Creating More Confusion?
Articles for publications Links to articles Craft Guild of Chefs Link Clear labelling, documented controls and confident communication are essential when serving customers with coeliac disease and other food hypersensitivities. Walk into almost any café, restaurant, hotel or garden centre today and you may find a variety of descriptions used for gluten-related menu choices. Gluten […]
UK gluten-free market set for strong growth – but trust must grow with it
Source: Mordor Intelligence: United Kingdom Gluten-Free Foods and Beverages Market The UK gluten-free market continues to expand, creating significant opportunities for food manufacturers, retailers and hospitality businesses. However, growth must be matched by safe practices, accurate information and genuine customer confidence. According to a recent Mordor Intelligence report, the UK gluten-free food and beverage market […]
Latest FSA Incident Prevention Update highlights – Allergens issues 170926
The latest FSA Incident Prevention Update highlights that undeclared allergens continue to be a recurring food safety issue, with incidents involving milk, wheat/gluten, egg, mustard, barley, soya, sulphites, celery, cashew, peanut, sesame, nuts and crustaceans. Of particular concern were products containing multiple undeclared allergens, alongside an anaphylaxis incident associated with restaurant dishes where sesame and […]
Is Your Food Safety Management System Fit for Your Business – or Just a Tick-Box Exercise?
Download the Check Fact Sheet Your Food Safety Management System (FSMS) should be one of the most important working documents within your food business. But when was the last time you actually looked at yours? More importantly, does it accurately reflect what happens in your business today? Over recent months, during Food Allergy Aware training […]
Free-From and Vegan: Understanding Where the Risks Occur
The demand for vegan and plant-based food has grown significantly over the past decade. Alongside this growth, consumers are increasingly seeking free-from options to manage allergies, intolerances, coeliac disease, and other food hypersensitivities. While vegan and free-from products often appear together on menus and supermarket shelves, they are not the same thing. One of the […]
Webinar Recording Now Available – Indian Restaurant & Takeaways’ Allergen Management Guidance
If you missed our recent webinar on allergen management guidance for Indian restaurants and takeaways, you can now catch up by watching the recording online. Delivered by Food Allergy Aware on behalf of Chesterfield Borough Council, the webinar focused on practical allergen management guidance for food businesses serving the food hypersensitive customer, which includes those […]
#AllerJanuary Insights: What Are the Real Challenges in Allergen Management?
At the start of the year, we launched our #allerjanuary resource pack to support businesses in reviewing and strengthening their allergen management. The response was incredibly encouraging, with over 100 downloads across a wide range of sectors including local authorities, NHS settings, hospitality, bakeries, care homes, consultants, and education. As part of this initiative, we […]
Benedict’s Law – the school allergy safety bill
On 3 February 2026, the House of Lords voted in favour of a key amendment strengthening Benedict’s Law, marking a major step forward in protecting children with allergies in schools across England. The amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill commits the Government to introduce mandatory, statutory allergy safety guidance for all schools by […]
Gluten free oats and labelling
Gluten-free doesn’t always mean allergen-free.
Did you know that gluten free oats must still be declared as an allergen under UK food law? Food Allergy Aware explains what businesses and consumers need to know about gluten free oats, allergen labelling, and why this matters for both coeliac disease and cereal allergies.
#AllerJanuary2026: Your Free Allergen Management Resource Pack
Enhance | Inform | Build Trust Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Introduction to #allerjanuary2026: AllerJanuary is an awareness campaign dedicated to improving allergen safety and inclusive dining across the food industry, started by Julian Edwards of Allergy Accreditation Each January, food businesses […]