Free-from foods are foods which do not include one or more of the foods (wheat, gluten, dairy products, eggs, yeast, soya, nightshades, sugar etc) associated with many chronic 21st century health problems.

Below you will find links to new and established products and producers, tastings of groups of foods, well over 300 free-from recipes, links to freefrom eateries and hostelries and articles and research about freefrom food.

FreeFrom Food Awards 2010

Click here for the UK's only industry award for freefrom food – presentation by Antony Worrall Thompson on April 21st.

Shortlist now out – click here to view.

TASTINGS of FreeFrom Products for the 2010 Awards
All the judging sessions for the 2010 FREEFROM FOOD AWARDS are now complete! Click here to see our judges comments.

NEW FreeFrom Products
For reviews of new gluten, wheat, dairy, egg and nut-free products click here.

LINKS to FreeFrom FOOD PRODUCTS and PRODUCERS
For hundreds of links to gluten, wheat, dairy, egg and nut-free products click here.

FreeFrom RECIPES
For over 300 recipes from Foods Matter's archives, from freefrom chefs and cookery writers and freefrom food manufacturers click here.

FreeFrom Eating Out and Staying Away
For reviews of freefrom restaurants, cafés, bars, hotels and guesthouses click here.

Articles and Research

FreeFrom Food Manufacture
For articles and research reports on the techniques and problems inherent in the manufacture of free-from food click here.
• Managing allergy in the food chain  – Frances Dale reports on an industry conference. Read more.
• Caterers are starting to be held to account for reactions resulting from their failure to provide allergic customers with 'safe' food. Read more.

Dairy allergy and lactose intolerance
For articles and research on dairy allergy and lactose intolerance and how to manage them click here.

Coeliac disease and gluten/wheat intolerance
For articles and research on gluten/wheat allergies and coeliac disease and how to manage them click here.

Digestive conditions
For articles and research on other digestive conditions and how to manage them click here.

For those interested in free-from catering - check out our
Allergy Catering Manual and Schools Catering Manual

For more freefrom cookery ideas check out our FreeFrom cookery books and other FreeFrom Recipe Blogs and Sites

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FreeFrom Food and Recipe Forum

FreeFrom Eating Out and Staying Away Forum

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