Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Have you ever wondered about the message “contains sulphites” that appears on almost every bottle of wine? And ...

WITH little proof, sulphur dioxide (S02) is universally blamed for those headaches consumers get when they drink red wines. The truth is, despite umpteen studies and tests, scientists are no closer ...

Sometimes when drinking white wines I immediately get a blistering headache. A sip or two is all that it takes. Oddly, I have had a pinot gris from the Okanagan which was fine, but when purchasing a ...

Researchers have proposed alternatives to the use of sulphites in potatoes, one of the main preservatives currently used and which, among other properties, prevents the browning that appears after ...

I do, and I get the question often. But I must lead with a warning: For people with severe sulphite sensitivity, the only solution is wine abstinence. The correct word, by the way, is "sensitivity".

Sulphites are used as a wine preservative all over the world, but Europe doesn’t have laws requiring disclosure on labels as Australia does. This leads some people to assume European wines don’t ...

Victoria Moore, 'If sulphites are causing your reaction, try SO Organic Fair Trade, No Bloodshot eyeballs and an ailing liver used to be the worst of it; now we have something else to worry about: ...

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