Cheese comes from plants and fish fingers are made of chicken, according to a significant number of children questioned on their knowledge of where food comes from.

COELIAC disease is triggered by eating gluten, the protein found in wheat, barley, oats and rye.

IN A report headlined ‘Scaremongering stars show no sense about science’ (Irish Examiner, January 4), an organisation called Sense About Science stated celebrities who front public campaigns should check their facts first to avoid making claims that have no scientific basis.

CELEBRITIES who front public campaigns should check their facts first to avoid making nonsensical claims that have no scientific basis, a charity said yesterday.