One example of many within the NHS

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Neil

Its not just about eating them though is it. As you said playing cards with someone who ate them can be deadly. Its about how the food is prepared.




Tesco gluten free bread is £2 (I just looked), Warbies is £1.35. Not a lot extra if you eat a couple of loaves a week. A lot better than what the NHS pay from an earlier post.

Some people will have allergies which are less severe than this.......all I can tell you is my nephew has a very serious allergy and just touching the cards dealt by this boy almost proved fatal to him. He now carries an adrenaline pen for emergency use.

And I take your point about the Tesco Gluten free bread, but if someone told you tomorrow that you were going to have to pay £2 for a loaf of bread would you be happy?(especially as you can see others paying almost a third less for their bread)........and as I have pointed out it isn't just bread. No pies, pastry, biscuits, pizza, pasta, ready made meals(oh you can have the chips but not the fish...unless the frier will do it batterless for you), no bought sandwich, no sausages.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I eat one loaf per week, as you say it isn't much.
I pay 85 pence for my loaf of bread(aldi Farmhouse batch)...biggish slices, but I think that if you look the Gluten free loaves are much smaller in size than the Warbies bread that you have quoted....the last time I looked they were not 'sandwich sized' like the Warbies loaf.......saying that I don't know many coeliacs who would eat their gluten free bread as a basis for a sandwich...they mostly have it as toast.......I believe it isn't the most palatable thing in the world.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, just checked the Gluten free bread is 400 grms......£2 = 50pence per 100grms
The Warbies Toastie, 800 grms £1.35 = 17 pence per 100grms........so you would be paying quite a lot more than a third(which is what I quoted on the basis of a like for like loaf) above the price of ordinary bread.(almost 3 times as much)

[jaysay]

I have actually talked to Joan about this over the weekend, as for Bread, there are numerous different breads on the market (unlike 20 years ago) Warbies are trying there best to get on the list, but its the consensus that Juvella fresh baked is about the best, I've actually tried this its very much like ordinary thick sliced cottage loaf. I actually think that Joan is now very well clued up on the subject, I suppose she has to be as Secretary of the Manchester Branch of Coeliac UK. Only a fortnight ago she was speaking at a seminar at the Royal Preston Hospital, to medical clinicians of all levels from consultants to practice managers and nurses.

[Barrie Yates]

We have found that the Warburton's Gluten Free is nicer tasting, not as solid and doesn't crumble as easilly as Juvella - that is £2.49 for a small loaf, much more expensive than a Warburton's Toastie when compared gram for gram.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

We have found that the Warburton's Gluten Free is nicer tasting, not as solid and doesn't crumble as easilly as Juvella - that is £2.49 for a small loaf, much more expensive than a Warburton's Toastie when compared gram for gram.

Just depends on which Juvella you have tried Barry, they do quite a few, they were the first firm to bring out fluffy white bread, which is the nearest I've seen to ordinary bread and I've seen quite a few over the last 20 years