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What are you looking forward to at Christmas this year? What gets you most excited – seeing family and friends, the fun of festivities, the sparkle and glitter of decorations, presents or seasonal, Christmas food? If we are able to continue as we have so far, these last few months,…
It has become more common over the last few years to hear people say they are gluten-free, when talking about food. Some people choose to be gluten-free, feeling it has many health benefits, and others don’t have a choice, but have to eat a gluten-free diet, due to intolerance or…
Posted on: Oct 18, 2021 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Lifestyle
Most weddings are likely to have at least one guest who has food allergies or intolerances considering 20% of people suffer from them. Often this may mean that one person has a meal which avoids certain things which are allergens for them. However for some allergy sufferers that’s not enough,…
Switch Witch sounds as though you should be switching places with the wicked witch of the north, or perhaps changing places with Maleficent, Ursula, Shakata, Razili, or Farida from your favourite Disney film. But, no, what it is in fact, is a newer holiday tradition, started by two entrepreneurs from…
We love Halloween here at Creative Nature. We have always embraced it and gone for it. We all enjoy dressing up, and also creating some scary decorated cakes! The origins of Halloween are hard to pin down however they seem to come from a mix of ancient traditions both Celtic…
As you may know from reading our previous blogs, we support Natasha’s Law, which is about to come into effect in October. This UK Food Information Amendment, known as Natasha’s Law will require food businesses to provide full ingredient lists and allergen labelling on foods pre-packaged for direct sale on…
Here are few tips for those living with allergies. The Anaphylaxis Campaign have identified that 16- 24-year olds are a high-risk group when it comes to managing their allergies, and this includes university students. For many students, going to university is the first time they leave home, and the…
This month is Anaphylaxis awareness week, and as you may remember, Julianne, our CEO is an Ambassador for the Anaphylaxis Society. As we come out of lockdown we have the opportunity to eat out more than we have in this last year. However, this can cause problems when you…
Food allergy awareness week in the US, is from May 10th to May 15th this year. It is an initiative created by FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education). What is FARE? It is one of the largest not for profit organisations in the world, which aims to raise…
Allergy Awareness Week UK is coming up on the 26th - 30th April – it’s actually one of a few such weeks during April & May around allergies – this one relates to the organisation Allergy UK. Understanding Allergies Most of us know what the word ‘allergy’ means,…
Starting school this year – and your child has allergies… This week, many parents have confirmation of their child’s school place for the start of school in September. As a parent with your child starting school for the first time, this can be a stressful event – as much for…
Posted on: Jan 22, 2021 | Posted in: Allergies, Labelling, Uncategorised
By the end of this summer, new allergen regulations are expected to be in force, called Natasha’s Law. As a challenger free-from snack brand, we welcome and embrace this change – and we urge the food & drink sector to do the same. The new legislation has been named Natasha’s…
Posted on: Jan 15, 2021 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Lifestyle
Are you lactose intolerant? Did you know that January 11th is National Milk Day, a day to celebrate the first time milk was delivered to homes inside sterilized glass bottles, in 1878. In 1970 almost 99% of milk was delivered to peoples’ doors. By 2014 doorstep delivery was at less…
Posted on: Dec 15, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Lifestyle
Anyone for Chocolate? Did you know that December 16th is dubbed National Chocolate Covered Anything Day? For most people this would be heaven. Being able to eat anything you like and think would taste good, completely covered in chocolate! The list for most of us is endless. Chocolate figures: We…
Posted on: Nov 9, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Uncategorised
Gluten is vastly used in the food industry nowadays, it can be hard to get away from it especially when you know you're intolerant or allergic to it. Everyone's roughly aware of Gluten's whereabouts - breads, bakes and biscuits (they're the obvious ones). What fewer people know is that gluten…
Posted on: Oct 21, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Lifestyle
One of our greatest supporters at Creative Nature is Rosie Brandreth, who was a finalist in the Great British Bake Off in 2019. You may have also seen Rosie on Instagram where she currently has more than 300K followers who enjoy watching her bake her amazing creations and it’s clear…
Posted on: Oct 8, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies
Our last blog talked about how those with allergies can feel about Halloween. This week we share some of the personal challenges faced by our own CEO Julianne, who has always had challenges with this seasonal celebration, even though Halloween is one of her favourite traditions. She is of the…
Posted on: Sep 28, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Lifestyle
We may be a whole month ahead however we’re looking forward to one of our favourite moments of the year - Halloween. Halloween is a time for fun, parties,treats and eating – however this year is going to be different – yet not that different for children and adults with…
Posted on: Sep 14, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Life, Lifestyle
Have you, as a parent, prepared lunchboxes for your children and then got to work and realised you have nothing to eat yourself? You will now have to spend money buying lunch? Or go to the work canteen and buy lunch? What if you have allergies and there’s little choice…
Schools and Allergies... Food allergies affect an estimated 20 million Europeans. Of those, a staggering 3.5 million, are people below the age of twenty-five. When living with a life-threatening allergy, prevention is the key to living safely. You have to rely on avoiding the allergen, and in case of emergency…
Posted on: Aug 10, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Launch, Wellbeing
In mid-July, we introduced our two new baking products, Simply Spiced Carrot Cake Loaf Mix, and our Pancake and Waffle Mix. We’ve had some amazing feedback from our social media followers and customers, for which we’d like to thank you. Here are some of their words: Pancake and…
Posted on: Aug 3, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Life, Lifestyle, Women
Hello, I am Lindiwe Lewis, 28. You can call me Lindi. I was born in London, England but grew up in Geneva, Switzerland and Monterey, California. I have had anaphylaxis since I was 10 months old. I am allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, chickpeas, lentils, beans, peas, kiwi, pineapple,…
Posted on: Jul 23, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Lifestyle
What’s your favourite ice cream? We’ve taken a small poll in the office, and our top three flavours are: Vanilla Cookie Dough Mint Choc-Chip Why are we talking about this? Well, July is National Ice Cream Month! Also in the US, National Vanilla Ice Cream Day is on July…
Posted on: Jul 21, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Launch
Guess what we’ve been doing during lock-down? We’ve created some new products! We’d like to introduce you to our brand new... Carrot Cake Mix and Pancake & Waffle Mix. These are both very popular foods, however for people with allergies and other dietary requirements, it’s very hard to find…
Posted on: Jul 6, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Labelling
Hi, Thalina here! So a little bit about myself: I’m 16 y/o, I have an extensive list of allergies, do enjoy a bit of bish bash on the tennis court and also founded Allergies In Bold - more on that later ;). I am also a proud ambassador for the…
Posted on: Jun 3, 2020 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Labelling, Wellbeing
This week was World Milk Day; a day to celebrate and raise the awareness of dairy’s part in healthy diets. (June 1) According to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, in the UK we are drinking 50% less milk than we were in 1974. Many people are moving away…
If the heat is getting to you and you're dreaming of ice-cream on a daily basis, this blogpost will surely help you out! We're sharing a few options of our favourite Vegan, allergy-friendly ice-creams you can make at home by following just a few steps. Store-bought Ice Cream, be gone!…
Posted on: Apr 30, 2019 | Posted in: Allergies, Food, Life, Lifestyle, Wellbeing
When the weather is amazing and the sun is shining... there is nothing better than a British picnic! Here are some picnic essentials that you've got to have with you on the day! Blankets- Don't risk getting yourself dirty on the grass in case it's misty or if you're wearing…
Posted on: Apr 23, 2019 | Posted in: Allergies, Lifestyle, Wellbeing
With the summer just around the corner, some of you may be looking for some quick and easy summer recipes to try out this year. We have quite a lot of recipes you can choose from on our recipe page of our website (click here to check it out!), but…
Posted on: Apr 16, 2019 | Posted in: Allergies, Life, Lifestyle, Women
As we're sure you're aware... Easter is rapidly approaching. It's time to enjoy the lovely weather outside and go on a fun little Easter Egg hunt so we thought we would share a few fun options of activities you could do for the occasion if you have any little kiddos…
Posted on: Apr 9, 2019 | Posted in: Allergies, Lifestyle, Wellbeing
This weekend, 12th-14th of April you can come and see us exhibiting at the Baby and Toddler Show in Sandown Park! It will be the first ever baby and child orientated show we are doing and we can't wait. At shows loads of parents talk to us about how much…
Posted on: Apr 8, 2019 | Posted in: Allergies, Life, Wellbeing, Women
This week I gave a talk at a major expo at the Taste of Travel Theatre in Germany about how airlines should consider passengers with severe allergies and offer allergen free snacks. My talk was well received. Not particularly interesting? I don’t suppose it is if you are not someone…
Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 | Posted in: Allergies, Life, Lifestyle, Wellbeing, Women
Hi everyone! You may have seen all across our social media, that at the end of February, we held our very first Vegan and Allergy Friendly Creative Nature Supper Club! We have had a few successful events already- our summer and our Christmas bake-offs, but we wanted to try something…
Posted on: Jan 29, 2019 | Posted in: Allergies, Labelling, Life, Lifestyle, Wellbeing
As a result of the announcement on Friday (25th January 2019) that food labelling is to become much stricter in order to protect food allergy sufferers there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel. The government is looking to impose stricter rules around labelling of sandwiches…
