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Last year, the National Allergy Strategy launched the pilot phase of an Australian food allergy prevention project ‘Nip Allergies in the Bub’. A 12-month pilot was conducted in Western Australia as a world-first promotion of new childhood allergy prevention strategies. Following…

The Food Allergen Portal is a web-based platform to access trusted information and best practice resources about managing food allergens. The ‘one stop shop’ houses information and resources aimed at consumers, food manufacturers and retailers; the food service sector; childcare…

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…

The Allergen Bureau was pleased to award the 2019 Allergen Bureau travel grant for postgraduate or early career researchers to Hesrie van Heerden, Food & Allergy Consulting & Testing Services (FACTS), South Africa. Ms van Heerden’s poster abstract ‘Emerging allergen…

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…