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Clif Kit’s Organic, the company’s new snack bar made with 100% organic fruit and nuts, is now on shelves nationwide in natural food and select grocery stores.

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division announced a multi-year initiative to validate many of their products as gluten free, with package labeling to follow.

Any allergen-free efforts must not be done halfway.

The Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) and the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) announced their intent to merge, pending regulatory approvals.

Flavor Mill’s Baked Potato Chips are available in Cheddar & Sour Cream and Original varieties, but the true selling point will be their kosher certification and lack of gluten. Each 9oz package contains 3g of fat, no cholesterol or trans fat, and only 0.5g of saturated fat.

Below are some of the highlights from the 2012 Natural Products Expo West, which again saw a sizable number of gluten-free introductions, as well as a number of notable introductions focusing on other trends.

The different allergy labels in common use may be confusing consumers instead of helping them decide whether to buy a food product, a new Canadian study shows.

Reports of U.S. children with a food allergy jumped by a third between 2003-2004 and 2007-2008.

Not all people with nut allergies are savvy when it comes to identifying the nuts they are actually allergic to, a new study suggests.

A gluten-free, casein-free diet may lead to improvements in behavior and physiological symptoms in some children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to researchers at Penn State.