Nursery World - A Unique Child: Nutrition

Robust systems and creative cooking can help to cater for those
with gluten-free diets, says Mary Llewellin

Special dietary requirements in nurseries seem to be on the rise - perhaps in some part as a result of grea- ter nutritional awareness among parents. At Snapdragons, a gluten-free diet is one of the commonest special requirements we encounter.

There are many reasons why people need, or choose, to exclude gluten from their diets, ranging from medically diagnosed coeliac disease and wheat allergy through to less acute wheat or gluten intolerance.

Some parents simply prefer their children not to eat wheat, and therefore gluten, on health grounds as it has been linked to various conditions such as bloating, mood swings and even autism, though the jury is very much out on the truth of these claims.

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