A team of 50 expert judges tested freefrom products across 15 categories including Plant ‘Milk’, Spread, Cheese & Desserts; FreeFrom Breakfast Cereals; Grocery; Ready Meals; and Savoury Biscuits and Snacks. In order to be eligible to enter the awards the products must be free from one or more of the ingredients (including wheat, gluten, dairy, eggs, yeast, nuts and soya) that trouble so many people. It is estimated that globally between 220 and 250 million people suffer from food allergies (World Allergy Organisation) and this figure is continuing to rise.
Rupert Parsons from Womersley attended the Awards and commented that “for those with a restricted diet, it is a bonus to have a key ingredient to enhance your dishes so we are particularly pleased that the first vinegar my father made has proved so popular in the FreeFrom diet.”
