Many of the large supermarkets in the UK sell gluten free food. These are often branded "free from" or something similar. Our local Tesco and Morrisons sell a good range of bread, biscuits, cereal, pasta and cakes. Sainsbury do the same but also offer a variety of frozen food such as ready to cook pizza.
The frozen pizza is always handy to keep and gluten free jaffa cakes etc means that Niall doesn't feel left out at parties etc. The Black Farmer sausages sold at Morrisons are another good quality product and gluten free. (Most UK sausages contain wheat.)
Coeliac UK produce a handbook that lists gluten free products (or ones which have an acceptable amount of gluten). Sometimes you can go gluten free just by changing brands e.g. Tesco Cornflakes are listed as gluten free.
EU food labelling laws require cereals that contain gluten to be specifically listed in the ingredients list. (The allergy box is optional so you must check both unless the product is described as gluten free. The Food Standards Agency website http://www.food.gov.uk/ gives more details.
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Cornflakes and Rice Pops from Sainsbury are labelled as suitable for Ceoeliacs. Kellogs Rice Krispies have failed to meet the more sensitive tests for levels of gluten and have gone on the "No" list as Cornflakes did last year.
ReplyDeleteI do like the Debbie and Andrews Sausages stocked in Sainsburys. Those and the Newmarket Sausage in Waitrose.
ReplyDeleteI recommend GF sausages to all my non-Coeliac friends. Much better taste and quality.