The One Stop Gluten Free Shop stocks an extensive range of Gluten Free food to cater for people with Coeliac Disease and Gluten intolerence and other allergies. Online shop - view products

A selection of our gluten free products

• Freshly Baked Breads
• Baking Products, Flours & grains
• Bread, Cake, Muffin & Other Mixes
• Breakfast Foods
• Cakes and Biscuits
• Chilled andFrozen Foods
• Dairy Free Items
• Desserts & Puddings
• Malcolm K. Harker
• Milks and milk substitutes
• Pasta
• Sauces and Condiments
• Seasonings, Stocks and Gravies
• Snacks and Confectionery
• Soups and Meals
• Sugar Free Items

Should you be on a Gluten Free diet? If you suffer from one or more of the following symtons on a regular basis, you could be among the 1 in 10 people who have a gluten intolerence of some form.

• Fatigue, weakness and lethargy
  Anaemia – the anaemia will either not respond to treatment or will recur after treatment until the correct diagnosis is made and a gluten free diet is begun.
• Constipation – some are likely to experience constipation rather than diarrhoea.
• Flatulence and abdominal distention.
• Diarrhoea – this may begin at any age and is often present for years prior to diagnosis.
• Cramping and bloating – although many do not lose weight and some can even put on weight .
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Weight loss.

What is Coeliac Disease?
Coeliac Disease is an auto-immune disease, which means that the body produces antibodies that attack its own tissues. For people with Coeliac Disease this attack is triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Some people with Coeliac Disease also react to oats.

In some individuals, the gluten proteins damage the surface of the intestine.

How is Coeliac Disease diagnosed?
Coeliac Disease is traditionally diagnosed by an intestinal biopsy by a gastroenterologist, usually under mild sedation in an outpatients department of a hospital or specialist centre.

Most pathology laboratories offer blood tests for the detection of gliadin antibodies or tissue transglutaminase IgA antibodies.

What are Coeliac Disease symptoms?
Although it is believed 1 to 2 people in every 100 have Coeliac Disease, it often goes undiagnosed and therefore untreated.

Experts say that it's easy for parents and even doctors to blame the gastrointestinal problems associated with coeliac disease (ie. stomach aches and diarrhoea) on other common childhood complaints, such as allergic reactions to food.

In children with Type 1 diabetes, some of the disease hallmarks, such as weight loss and stunted growth, are attributed to poor glycaemic control by parents and physicians.

Many patients have 'silent coeliac disease' and are not being diagnosed. The reason they are not being diagnosed is that the disease is milder. If you have diarrhoea, a large part of the small intestines is involved.

People with 'silent coeliac disease' might develop anaemia or osteoporosis because they are not absorbing the vital nutrients, but they won't develop diarrhoea because sugars and fats can still be absorbed further down the intestine.

What is Gluten Intolerance?
Gluten Intolerance is a broad term which includes all kinds of sensitivities to gluten. A small proportion of Gluten Intolerant individuals will test positive to Coeliac Disease, and so are called Coeliacs.  An estimated 1% of the population are Coeliacs.

Most Gluten Sensitive individuals return negative results on Coeliac testing. The correct term for these people is Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitive (NCGS) and may be as many as 15% of the population or 1 in 7.