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Distinctive markers of coeliac disease have been found in infants aged one year, up to 19 years before they were diagnosed with coeliac disease. The All Babies In Sweden (ABIS) prospective cohort study includes data from babies born between October…

Egg allergies are one of several key drivers of the vegan egg market. A recent review suggests that while the vegan egg market is still in its relative infancy, it is expected to enjoy a compound annual growth rate of…

Consumers need to know what’s in their food and customers need to know what product they’re moving around their warehouse, but as technology advances what’s the role of traditional labels in the food chain? foodmanufacture.co.uk has published a thought-provoking article…

Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) has announced it will add walnuts to the list of allergens that food manufacturers and importers must include on product packaging labels. Now, the only allergens required to be labelled when present in a food…

Australian researchers have assessed whether guidelines that recommend earlier introduction of peanut to infants’ diets are associated with decreased prevalence of peanut allergy. Australia’s infant feeding guidelines were changed in 2016 to recommend early peanut introduction for all infants. This…

The use of scientifically determined allergen thresholds to inform precautionary allergen labelling is the cornerstone of the VITAL program.  However internationally, the acceptance of both the concept and the best approach to determine an appropriate threshold has been debated for…