Where to actually eat on a long drive

Everyone complains about motorway food. Almost nobody publishes which stops are genuinely usable if you cannot eat gluten, or if a mistake sends you to hospital.

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What this site is for

A long drive with a restricted diet is a planning problem, not a luck problem. The information exists — it is just never assembled in one place, in the language you read, before you set off.

Coeliac

Eating gluten free on the road

Contamination in food service is measured and common. Which formats are safe, and which are a gamble regardless of the sign.

Allergy

Allergies at a service station

EU allergen rules apply to food service everywhere in the union. Knowing exactly what you are entitled to ask changes the conversation.

Method

How we assess a stop

Six things we check, published so you can disagree with the weighting.

Practical

Why fryers decide everything

A shared fryer transfers gluten and allergens between everything cooked in it. It is the single most useful question to ask.

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