Food & Drink

Allergy members - how do you shop for food?

Food & Drink

Posted by: looklively

4th Jun 2014 12:52pm

Can you talk me through how you go about food shopping for yourself or a member of your family that has a food allergy. Do you go to the local supermarket or specialist store? If a supermarket, do you buy from the health food aisle or regular aisles? Do you have to check every ingredient label or do products advertise themselves well enough? Do you have to buy specific foods? Is your food bill more expensive as a result?

ivory
  • 11th Jun 2014 05:10pm

It does seem that today everybody has an allergy or more! I didn't have any until recently. I have found out that preservatives, sulphites and sulphur dioxide gives me rashes. So I do try and stay away from these ingredients. I still shop in normal supermarkets, It doesn't take long to find which foods contain these items. So I know fairly well what foods I can eat and what to avoid. I do get caught out sometimes when eating out or shopping for food on holidays when I buy different products and brands to the normal. My rash reminds me if I forget to check the label first. Then usually I check the label later and will undoubtedly find the culprit. Sometimes you have to look for the numbers as well as know how manufacturers try to disguise these ingredients by giving them different names. So fresh is best. No worries there.


Cancel

Help Caféstudy members by responding to their questions, or ask your own in Café Chat, and you will get the chance of earning extra rewards. Caféstudy will match these and donate equally to our two chosen Australian charities.

Food Bank Australia not only plays a lead role in fighting hunger, but also a vitally important role in tackling Australia’s $20 billion food waste problem and helping the environment.
Australian Marine Conservation Society are an independent charity, staffed by a committed group of scientists, educators and passionate advocates who have defended Australia’s oceans for over 50 years.
ReachOut is the most accessed online mental health service for young people and their parents in Australia. Their trusted self-help information, peer-support program and referral tools save lives by helping young people be well and stay well. The information they offer parents makes it easier for them to help their teenagers, too.