Daiya Vegan Cheese: Ingredients & Allergen Information

by admin December 26, 2011

There was a lot of excitement in the food allergic community when Daiya vegan cheese became available in Canada. I understand from my fans following a dairy free diet that previous cheese substitutes don’t melt, and that Daiya cheese is special because it does melt and stretch. I tasted a sample at the 2011 Canadian Health Food Expo in Vancouver,  continue reading…


Weleda Products: Allergy Alert!

by admin December 18, 2011

Weleda uses sweet almond oil (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis) pressed from the nut kernels of the sweet almond tree. The shaving cream contains sweet almond oil fruit extract, and the following products contain sweet almond oil:

Source: http://usa.weleda.com/ingredients/sweet-almond-prunus-amygdalus-dulcis.aspx
Accessed 18 December 2011

Weleda uses sunflower seed oil (Helianthus Annuus) in their:

Arnica Massage Oil, Arnica Massage Oil – Travel, Pomegranate Creamy Body Wash, Pomegranate Firming Day Cream, Pomegranate Firming  continue reading…


Natur-a Brand Milks – SOY & NUT ALLERGY ALERT!

by admin December 18, 2011

My search for a rice milk that’s safe for my peanut and nut allergic son continues. Many of my readers will recall the allergen issues that concern me about Rice Dream brand, which you can read about here. I was excited to find Natur-a rice milk made by Nutrisoya, since at the time I could see that the only other  continue reading…


Zero8 Restaurant Gets A+ From Onespot Allergy

by admin December 16, 2011

I had the pleasure of visiting Montreal, Canada recently for a business trip. Montreal has been on my food allergy radar for a while because the restaurant Zero8 is there. It’s a hypoallergenic restaurant free of gluten and free of the top 8 allergens, which are dairy, egg, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish. It’s not easy traveling  continue reading…



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