Over the last few weeks, as I’ve made sandwiches for my kids for school almost every day, I realized I needed to consult my allergist. I’ve found out more than I expected about cross contamination risks and the limits of our current FDA Food Allergy Labeling guidelines. See the manufacturer conversations I’ve had (see Part 1: Bimbo…
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Part 2: Finding Sesame-free bread: A consumer hotline odyssey
Since my last installment in this series, we’ve gone through several loaves of bread and I haven’t had a chance to update the blog. Here’s what I can report. 1.) Finding bread that is manufactured in a way that minimizes potential cross contamination with Sesame is really hard! 2.) Allergen labeling between brands really stinks. For…
Kneading up something new
Ever since my post on the problem with bread manufacturing, I’ve bought a few more loaves from different manufacturing plants and I tested the waters making my own. I am happy to report that making allergen free bread by hand is not particularly difficult, it’s just time consuming. I made a Whole Wheat bread that…
Part 1: Bread: The stuff of life – but what’s in it?
The recent recall of my kids’ favorite mini bagels – luckily only in certain areas of the country – got me thinking about bread and commercial manufacturing practices. I decided to take action, so that led to emails and a phone call to our local bread manufacturing plant (Bimbo) for information on allergy safety and…
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