Gluten Free Industry Association (GFIA)
The Gluten Free Industry Association (GFIA) represents and promotes the common interests of UK Gluten Free manufacturers and suppliers.
The GFIA has a core technical focus and works alongside FDF on key horizontal issues of interest.
GFIA meeting dates for 2025: 25 March; 11 September; 20 November
Committee purpose
The Gluten Free Industry Association (GFIA) represents and promotes the common interests of UK Gluten Free manufacturers.
The GFIA's primary purpose is to share best practice within the industry and to act on behalf of its members to represent them to UK Government and other relevant bodies.
The GFIA has a core technical focus and works alongside FDF on key horizontal issues of interest.
Next committee meeting
GFIA Committee Meeting - 11 September 2025
6th Floor, 10 Bloomsbury Way, LONDON, United Kingdom, WC1A 2SL
Committee lead
Committee contact
Updates
Trade Conference: Taking Stock - the UK’s Free From Market
Taking Stock - the UK’s Free From Market
Trade Conference
Friday 1 July
10:45am-12:30pm
The UK’s Free From industry is now a mature market that has broken the £1 billion ceiling in annual sales; anchored by ever-increasing consumer medical need and turbo-charged via health & wellbeing lifestyle trends (no longer dismissible as a ‘fad’).
As the UK acclimatises to life after Brexit and the world emerges from the global pandemic, Free From has some big commercial decisions to make, in order to maximise opportunities and secure continued growth.
There’s a lot to talk about! Our menu includes…
- The rise in private label at major-multiples
- Crossover opportunities from the growth of vegan / plant-based
- The pandemic’s impact on Free From
- The need for responsible manufacturing
- Increased international expansion from UK brands
This one is not to be missed!
Attend this trade-only talk if you work in the food & drink industry for a retail, wholesale, distribution, manufacturing or food service brand.
Places are FREE, but limited; please register here to secure your seat.
Registration for this session includes full access to The Allergy & Free From Show London.
Coeliac UK
GFIA has a strong working realtionship with Coeliac UK. Coeliac UK is the national charity for people with coeliac disease, a condition estimated to affect 1 out of every 100 people (twice as common in women as in men), and the skin manifestation of the condition, dermatitis herpetiformis. Find out more information: https://www.coeliac.org.uk/home/
Committee members
| Organisation | Name | Job title |
|---|---|---|
| Bells of Lazonby Ltd | Bryony Graham | Technical Manager |
| Bells of Lazonby Ltd | Michele Emerton | Head of Technical |
| Bells of Lazonby Ltd | Tim Conder | Managing Director |
| Dr Schaer | Bradley Grimshaw | Managing Director |
| Dr Schaer | Declan Lockett | Managing Director |
| Dr Schaer | Michelle Shinn | Glutafin Business Manager |
| Ecotone | Jackie Pun | Senior QA Technologist |
| Ecotone | Katie Short | CSR & Ethical Controller |
| Ecotone | Tom Laxton | Quality Manager |
| Genius Foods Ltd | Elizabeth MacGregor-Smith | Resource Manager |
| Hamlyns of Scotland Ltd | Alan Meikle | Managing Director |
| Juvela Limited | Joe Mitchell | Managing Director |
| Morning Foods Ltd | Derek Croucher | Technical Director |
| Mrs Crimble's | Angela Mumby | NPD Controller Mrs Crimble's |
| Nairn's Oatcakes Ltd | Jennifer Gray | Technical Manager |
| Nairn's Oatcakes Ltd | Paddy Cronin | Sales Director |
| Perkier Foods Ltd | Ann Perkins | Managing Director |
| Sleaford Quality Foods Ltd | Richard Kent | Quality Assurance Manager |
| Sleaford Quality Foods Ltd | Rob McAndrew | Assistant Quality Manager |
| The Gluten Free Bakery | Alexander West | Operations Director |
| Warburtons Ltd | Chris Hook | Free From Director |
| Warburtons Ltd | Joanne Bishop | Innovation Marketing Manager |