New Allergy, Intolerance & Diet Cards - Helping food allergy & intolerance sufferers worldwide

April 27, 2010 - PRLog -- More people than ever before require products that will make it easier for them to follow their respective diets. The prevalence of food allergies and intolerances is set to dramatically increase over the next 10 years. According to FAAN, currently 12 million people in America alone suffer from food allergies of which 3 million are children. However, the need for special diets extends past adverse food reactions; conditions such as diabetes require sufferers to follow a strict dietary regime. According to the WHO, the prevalence of diabetes worldwide will grow by nearly 200,000,000 between 2000 and 2030. Another consideration is the growing popularity of diets such as food combining or low carb diets as people become more conscious of what they eat.

One product that can provide relief for people following strict diets is the DELICARDO Foodcard which had its international launch in March 2010. The cards were developed by ENOMIS GmbH, a Berlin start-up founded by Simone Graebner, and launched in Germany in 2009 under the motto ‘Quality of life despite allergies and intolerances’.
DELICARDO Foodcards are food allergy and intolerance cards, also known as chef cards, which help people avoid long or awkward explanations when placing orders at restaurants, while traveling abroad or during other occasions.

The cards are available for many different allergies, intolerances and diets (milk allergy, lactose intolerance, vegetarian...) and are free to configure as one chooses in the online Foodcard Configurator. They are also business card sized, durable and available in a range of different colours and designs languages.
“The design and content of the cards was developed with restaurant personnel and a certified food nutritionist” Says Simone Graebner.

The cards clearly communicate what one can’t eat under the heading ‘NOT ALLOWED TO EAT’ and what one can eat under ‘ALLOWED TO EAT’. There is also a list of products where the allergen(s) concerned may be found.
“DELICARDO Foodcards contain all of your dietary dos and don’ts. When eating out the card can simply be given to the waiter saving you from having to inform the table and the rest of the restaurant about your special dietary needs while also making life easier for the restaurant staff” Graebner says. “I’m also very proud that DELICARDO Foodcards have received the ECARF quality seal (the European Center for Allergy Research Foundation) for products that help give back quality of life despite allergies”.

Visit http://www.delicardo.de/eng for more details.

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Enomis GmbH is the producer of the lifestyle product Delicardo Foodcards - A product for people who are on the go but suffer from food allergies or intolerances or have special health related diets.