Protocols for manufacturing free-from products are now very strict and sophisticated so that the risk of contamination, even in a factory handling both freefrom and non-freefrom lines, should be virtually non-existent.
Even so, an increasing number of manufacturers are choosing to create total separation between freefrom and non-freefrom products by manufacturing them on separate, dedicated sites. See below.
However, allergic consumers should not assume that because a product has been manufactured on a dedicated site it will always be totally safe as contamination, especially to packaging, can occur during transport or in store, long after the product has left the factory.


Producers operating from dedicated free-from sites are denoted by one or more of the following codes:

CF = Corn Free
DF = Dairy Free
EF = Egg Free
GF = Gluten Free
NF = Nut Free
SF = Soya Free
WF = Wheat Free
?F = Products made on multiple sites some of which are dedicated free-from. Where the ?F is brown, you can click through to the products allergen chart.

• Fruisana
  Fruit sugar – available from most Sainsbury's, independent health stores and, for 12 or more packs, on line.
  
  
• Perfect Sweet
  100% natural Xylitol from birch wood - use like sugar but low GI/GL index, calorie, carbohydrate and highly alkaline. Avaible in many supermarkets and health food stores.
  
  
• Raw Living
  Lucuma powder, agave nectar, mesquite, vanilla and Yacon products - all sweetening ingredients for cakes, chocolates and desserts, on line.
  
  
  
• Sweet Freedom CF, DF, EF, GF, NF, WF
  'Natural sweetener made 100% from fruit – apples, grapes and carob. Great Taste Gold star winner, tastes like sugar, Low GL, suitable for diabetics, GM free, Gluten free, Vegan, nut free factory, available from Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado, Holland & Barrett, health food stores nationwide and online.’
  
  
• The Groovy Food Company
  Mild and rich agave nectar. From supermarkets, healthfood stores or on line.
  
  
  
  
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