So just like last year Mark and I returned to Free From Show London at Olympia in 2014.
I know this was a few weeks ago now but I thought why not just do a brief overview of some of the things that caught my eye at The Free From Show London if you didn’t get down there! Here is Part 3. Make sure you check out Part 1 and Part 2 as well!
We decided to have a Smooze each as we were seriously getting dehydrated on a very hot day in the exhibition centre at The Free From Show London. As their website says, Smooze are simple, just coconut milk and fruit, frozen. I chose the Pink Guava & Coconut Flavour and Mark chose the Pineapple & Coconut one. Both of these were so delicious we went back for another before we left. Of course dairy and gluten free and very yummy!
http://www.smooze.co.uk
Soft Sage
Now this must be one of my favourite new finds at The Free From Show London. Soft Sage have launched a delicious range of gluten and dairy free dough balls. The dough balls are made with cassava flour and come frozen. I especially liked the garlic dough balls. I must say I more than sampled these little balls of joy at Free From Show London and will definitely be purchasing some very very soon!
http://www.softsage.co.uk
Ten Acre Crisps
We have started seeing Ten Acre Crisps in a local café we go to fairly regularly and I have always said how much I love the flavour names. For example: “The Story of When Cheese Met the Onion” and “How Chicken Soup Saved the Day”. All the flavours are gluten free, dairy free and vegan. I think Ten Acre Crisps speak for themselves when they say:
“With Ten Acre, you’ll not only enjoy delicious, crunchy crisps which are sure to tantalise your taste buds, you’ll also be taken on an exciting and whimsical journey, meeting an array of interesting characters along the way…”
We came away with a few packets, need I say more… scrummy! It’s one of our faves from The Free From Show London 2014!
http://www.tenacrecrisps.co.uk
The Coconut Collaborative
Now you might think The Coconut Collaborative look like a completely new company, however you would be wrong. The Coconut Collaborative are in fact the rebranded… Bessant and Drury – the creators of the amazing frozen coconut desserts. The Coconut Collaborative had a selection of their dairy free yoghurts to try at The Free From Show London and I was thoroughly impressed. The new branding is fresh, the flavour of the raspberry one was strong and the texture lovely and thick. I would highly recommend giving The Coconut Collaborative yoghurts a try. If you come across the Frozen Coconut Desserts on Bessant and Drury in Tescos or Waitrose too, I would advise you give them a try too, they are excellent.
http://www.coconutco.co.uk
Udi’s
Now we all know Udi’s. Their products are everywhere, the variety of bagels, breads and muffins is vast which is great for those on a gluten free diet. However, the only thing I wanted to mention from The Free From Show London about Udi’s was their new Chocolate Flavour Sandwich Cookies! Essentially these are Oreos. I have seen gluten free Oreo style cookies in quite a few supermarkets now but what is special about these ones is that they are dairy free too! Mark could not get enough of these and as soon as we see them in our local supermarket I am sure the kitchen cupboards will be stacked high!
http://udisglutenfree.co.uk
Venice Bakery
Venice Bakery oh how we love Venice Bakery! Check out a previous post I wrote on them last year here. The pizza bases are the very best gluten and dairy free ones I have used at home. They are really thin and crisp and make delicious pizza and garlic bread. At The Free From Show London similarly to last year the Venice Bakery stand was incredibly busy as they constantly produced fresh hot pizza samples for us all to try! Not only was the pizza base delicious but Venice Bakery collaborated with MozzaRisella – a lactose free, vegan cheese. The cheese tasted great and myself and Mark will definitely be buying some to put on our Venice Pizza bases next time we make our own! MozzaRisella is not only lactose free, but also not made from soya; it is made from Italian brown rice, germinated with spring water – a really healthy and safe alternative for all intolerants!
http://shop.venicebakery.co.uk
http://www.mozzarisella.co.uk
