Coeliac Society launches gluten free Christmas survival hub
Dedicated festive resource launched for coeliac sufferers and others who are gluten intolerant
Print1 December 2020
Many retailers have made a concerted effort to provide more choices for gluten intolerant customers in recent years. Nevertheless, the Christmas season continues to present a challenge for people who have coeliac disease or are gluten intolerant. Namely, how to avoid becoming ill or ‘glutened’ over the festive season.
With that in mind, the Coeliac Society of Ireland has created a dedicated the Gluten Free Christmas Survival Hub – to provide support for your customers; the estimated 50,000 coeliac sufferers and 400,000 people who are gluten intolerant in Ireland and ensure that they, and their friends and families – can organise a tasty, healthy, and safe gluten-free Christmas in 2020.
The hub contains a veritable smorgasbord of information and practical advice from health experts, as well as top tips and tasty recipes from chefs – including how to cater for guests who have to live gluten free and how to avoid cross contamination of food.
Coeliac Society of Ireland chief executive Gill Brennan said the Gluten Free Christmas Survival Hub, which has been created with support from Aldi, is designed to ensure that everyone can have a joyful and merry Christmas regardless of their dietary restrictions.
“This year, perhaps more than any other, we all want to treasure what is most important in all our lives – our family and friends,” Brennan said. “No matter how differently we might have to celebrate Christmas in 2020, we will want to share it with those we love.
“However, if you have coeliac disease or are gluten intolerant, this time of the year can be incredibly stressful because it is so easy to become accidentally consume food which contains gluten,” she added. “It can be equally hard for those who are hosting someone who is coeliac or gluten intolerant. The last thing they want, particularly where children are concerned, is to worry about whether the food or drinks they are serving will lead to unnecessary pain or suffering for their dinner guests.
This is where the Gluten Free Christmas Survival Hub can prove useful. There is information about how to prepare food in a safe manner to avoid cross contamination, tasty recipes, and there is also advice hints about staying healthy over the festive season.
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