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Demand for gluten-free foods is growing and, with bread being an important staple food, consumer demand for good quality gluten free bread is driving the development of suitable wheat bread substitutes. A recent Open Access review looks at research advances that…

A possible link between coeliac disease and dietary fibre intake during pregnancy has been found, with a study showing the risk of childhood coeliac disease was 8 per cent lower per 10 gram increase in maternal fibre intake. For expectant…

The rise in popularity of meat-substitute products may introduce higher consumption of concentrated forms of pea- and other plant-protein isolates than in traditional diets, and this may cause allergic reactions even in people who have never had problems eating these…

Many theories have been posed to explain the rise in childhood food allergies in western countries. Recent studies point to an impaired skin barrier – which has long been linked to the development of eczema, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and food…

Aimmune Therapeutics, the US company developing the peanut allergy therapy dubbed ‘AR101’, is set to receive a US FDA decision regarding its marketing application for the product in September this year. The drug is designed as a once-daily peanut allergen…

At a public meeting earlier in May, the Board of the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) agreed that full ingredient labelling should be made mandatory for all pre-packed food available for direct sale to consumers. The FSA agrees that such…