Last Saturday, I went to the ALLERGY and FREE FROM SHOW at the London Olympia. I always look forward now to this annual event, where brands display their products (food, drink, skincare, makeup etc). They offer products that are free from ingredients that can affect people who suffer from allergies or intolerances or have sensitive skin. It's an ideal show for those who need food and drink that is gluten and/or lactose free or have skin prone to eczema.
In the morning, I enjoyed the Blogger's Meet-up. This was an opportunity to meet other bloggers and some of the exhibitors, who offered tasters and samples of their products. I am not a food blogger and I really came to the show to learn about beauty products, so I didn't accept many of the food gifts that were being offered to us.
However, I couldn't resist a Schär Gluten Free Seeded Loaf and a pack of Sproud Barista, a plant-based milk alternative.
Whilst I am under no obligation to feature these 2 products in my blog, they were gifted to me as a blogger, so I am referring to my review of them below as :
GIFTED: Sponsored feature
The Schär Gluten Free Seeded Loaf is a lovely little sliced loaf containing flax seeds, sunflower seeds and millet seeds. It is gluten and wheat free and made specially for people intolerant to gluten. Also, it is lactose free and suitable for Vegans. I would add that it is a source of high fibre and low in saturated fat (0.2g) and salt (0.29g) - that's per slice.
I enjoyed eating this wholesome bread as it was, but I also found that it was delicious toasted with my low fat olive spread and honey on it.
SPROUD BARISTA M*LK comes from Sweden and is made of protein from dry yellow peas. It's milk free, gluten free, soy free, Vegan. It contains calcium and vitamins, and saturated fat per 100 ml = 0.3g, salt per 100 ml= O.2g.
Sproud suggest serving the "m*lk" warm and frothy with coffee - Cappuccino! That was lovely but I also enjoyed it just added cold to instant coffee. I liked drinking it on it's own too and it was even good with my organic Swiss style muesli for breakfast. With its creamy texture, it really is a good alternative to milk.
Although I am not gluten or lactose intolerant, sometimes I find it's good for my stomach and digestion to have a break from those ingredients. I would certainly buy these two excellent products and suggest them to people who are gluten and lactose intolerant.
The only beauty brand represented at the meet-up was La Roche-Posay, who offer very good skincare products. I was given some tiny sample tubes (offered to all visitors) and my attention was drawn to a new product. I will be writing in detail about La Roche-Posay's skincare products in my next post.
After the meet-up, I enjoyed looking around the show and tasting some of the food displayed on the stands.
Then it was time to go to the Learning Centre to listen to Dr Justine Hextall's talk on sensitive skin and allergies, sponsored by La Roche-Posay. I was looking forward to this as I was so impressed by her talk last year. This time, Dr Hextall added some very interesting updates to her advice. I will write about her talk in my next post about La Roche-Posay.
Now it's time for a coffee break - a nice cup of Decaff coffee with Sproud!
The Schär loaf and Sproud Barista were GIFTED.
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| The Allergy and Free From Show at Olympia London |
In the morning, I enjoyed the Blogger's Meet-up. This was an opportunity to meet other bloggers and some of the exhibitors, who offered tasters and samples of their products. I am not a food blogger and I really came to the show to learn about beauty products, so I didn't accept many of the food gifts that were being offered to us.
However, I couldn't resist a Schär Gluten Free Seeded Loaf and a pack of Sproud Barista, a plant-based milk alternative.
Whilst I am under no obligation to feature these 2 products in my blog, they were gifted to me as a blogger, so I am referring to my review of them below as :
GIFTED: Sponsored feature
The Schär Gluten Free Seeded Loaf is a lovely little sliced loaf containing flax seeds, sunflower seeds and millet seeds. It is gluten and wheat free and made specially for people intolerant to gluten. Also, it is lactose free and suitable for Vegans. I would add that it is a source of high fibre and low in saturated fat (0.2g) and salt (0.29g) - that's per slice.
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| Schär Gluten Free Seeded Loaf |
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| Schär Gluten Free Seeded Loaf |
SPROUD BARISTA M*LK comes from Sweden and is made of protein from dry yellow peas. It's milk free, gluten free, soy free, Vegan. It contains calcium and vitamins, and saturated fat per 100 ml = 0.3g, salt per 100 ml= O.2g.
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| Sproud Barista |
Sproud suggest serving the "m*lk" warm and frothy with coffee - Cappuccino! That was lovely but I also enjoyed it just added cold to instant coffee. I liked drinking it on it's own too and it was even good with my organic Swiss style muesli for breakfast. With its creamy texture, it really is a good alternative to milk.
Although I am not gluten or lactose intolerant, sometimes I find it's good for my stomach and digestion to have a break from those ingredients. I would certainly buy these two excellent products and suggest them to people who are gluten and lactose intolerant.
The only beauty brand represented at the meet-up was La Roche-Posay, who offer very good skincare products. I was given some tiny sample tubes (offered to all visitors) and my attention was drawn to a new product. I will be writing in detail about La Roche-Posay's skincare products in my next post.
After the meet-up, I enjoyed looking around the show and tasting some of the food displayed on the stands.
Then it was time to go to the Learning Centre to listen to Dr Justine Hextall's talk on sensitive skin and allergies, sponsored by La Roche-Posay. I was looking forward to this as I was so impressed by her talk last year. This time, Dr Hextall added some very interesting updates to her advice. I will write about her talk in my next post about La Roche-Posay.
Now it's time for a coffee break - a nice cup of Decaff coffee with Sproud!
The Schär loaf and Sproud Barista were GIFTED.
This looks like a really interesting event Sandy, maybe next year I will come along and we can meet up!
ReplyDeleteThat would be nice Gail!😊
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