Best shop for those with food allergies

I got my master's degree in Scotland last year and returned to the US for 9 months.  Now I am back on my psw visa.  In the meantime, I was diagnosed with allergies to wheat, gluten, dairy, corn, soy, and eggs.  I didn't think it would be such a problem to find foods without those items here! Or at least I thought a major chain supermarket would carry at least one option.

I guess I am specifically looking for cereal and milk.  I was eating Rice Chex with almond milk in the States for breakfast.  I have only checked at Morrison's and Aldi, but even the rice milk had a corn derivative in it! And the cereals are all wheat--even Rice Crispies has barley in it! (As it does in the States.)

Anyone know of a chain or even a specific shop in Glasgow that might have some options for me?  Or even a creative breakfast idea?  Thinking about doing as the Asians and eating rice noodle soup for breakfast! Miss my bacon rolls.

Many, many thanks!

tesco does a free from range, as does asda. I'm but sure, but I would imagine Sainsbury's does as well. Also, look for your health food stores. I have seen some stuff at Holland and Barrett but I haven't really paid attention to what they sell. we have some independent health food stores that seem to have a bit more, so I'd look them up.

Good luck!

Tesco and Sainsburys definitely have gluten free porridge oats and Provamel Rice Milk does not have corn in it. Unfortunately I know nothing about your shopping choices in Glasgow, but I find my gluten/dairy free stuff either at one of the big chains or at a small organic store near my house. It's really pricey to eat "free" here.

For breakfast we eat either gluten free oat porridge, or gluten free cold cereals from a company called Alara. Maybe you could order them online? I tried other "porridge" recipes with quinoa, millet and buckwheat, and I thought the quinoa one was good, but R hated all of them so he eats his own cold cereal now unless I make oat porridge. 

This is the quinoa porridge recipie I tried: http://feastsandfotos.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/quinoa-porridge/ Obviously you could omit the yogurt and use rice or almond milk.

Best of luck! It's not always easy to be "free" from so many things!

Have a look at goodnessdirect.co.uk - they've got site filters for a bunch of different dietary needs that only show you those foods across the site. I've been ordering from them for years now to get bulk cereals, oats, lentils, Eco laundry soap and stuff like that and they're really good. It's free shipping over £30 if you get entirely shelf stable stuff, too.

I forgot to mention that I recently stumbled across a few sites with recipes for making your own rice milk. I have not yet tried it as my blender is broken, but it's supposedly very easy and cheap! Stolen from http://glutenfreern.com/make-your-own-rice-milk/

Make Your Own Rice Milk

If you are avoiding casein, finding dairy substitutes that are gluten free can be tricky. A friend of mine with celiac disease who also avoids casein recently mentioned that she makes her own rice milk. Apparently, it’s a cinch. I did some more research and found the recipe on the website of Vegan Reader:

Ingredients and Supplies:
1 cup uncooked organic long grain brown rice
8 cups water for cooking
More water for diluting
1 tsp salt
Jars for storage
A Blender
Mesh strainer

Directions
Thoroughly wash the rice. Put 8 cups of water in a big pot and bring it to a boil over high heat. Pour in the rice. Cover the pot and lower the heat to let the water simmer. Cook for 3 hours.

You will end up with something that looks a bit like a soupy rice pudding. Add the salt.

In batches, fill your blender halfway with the rice mixture and halfway with water. Blend until very smooth. Strain twice through a fine mesh strainer into a mason jar. Continue on with the rest of the milk until you’re finished, filling jars and screwing the lids on good and tight.

Even with the extra water, the homemade rice milk ends up thicker- more like rice cream! You may want to dilute it further at the time of serving it. Just add a bit more water until it’s the desired consistency. Or if you would like it even creamier try adding 2 Tbsp of oil.

For a blended rice and nut milk: at the blending stage, add some blanched raw almonds or hazelnuts, or some cashews for an even richer, creamier, more nutritious milk.

Yum!

This is wonderful!  Thanks so much for all the supermarket and website suggestions-as well as recipes!