Big demand for ‘free from’ food

Ray Ryan looks at the rising demand for gluten-free and other specialist foods, which Bord Bia says is a prime market for Irish food producers.

Today is International Coeliac Day which raises public awareness of a disease that could be affecting as many as 70m people worldwide.

It follows an Awareness Week in Ireland, held by the Coeliac Society with Knorr as sponsor. It highlighted the disease and the needs of the coeliac community here with a programme of over 20 different events countrywide.