TGN

I am so sorry to bother you but I wondered if you may be able to help. I have a friend, who will shortly be coming on holiday to Barcelona, who has food allergies. She is worried that she will not be able to find food that she knows is 'safe'. I was wondering if anyone who lives in Barcelona can let me know if there are any supermarkets selling 'English' products? And if so, where it is.

I know I may appear cheeky but when travelling I have always found the ex-pat community really helpful, and hope I can help my friend.

Many thanks

TGN

brisca

Hello, and welcome to BE

I'm afraid I don't know anything about Barcelona - but might I suggest you tell us what type of allergy/ies your friend has?
That way, people may be able to suggest wording on food labelling that your friend can look out for.

For example, my Dad is a Coeliac and can't eat anything that contains gluten or wheat.
Even in my rural area of Spain, there is quite a lot of food that is labelled "sin gluten" (without gluten) so you may find that this holds true for other allergies.

There are several native Spaniards who use this forum, so you'd be sure of getting a correct translation of any information/wording if you ask.

Hope that helps to get this thread started.
All the very best,
Sam.

TGN

Thank you so much, I will ask her the correct terms and post back.
TGN

rwbcn

There is a British store in Casteldellfels - not in Barcelona itself. To be honest, you friend should be fine buying products in health food stores as they should stock whatever she needs for her specific allergies. The largest of these stores (Biospace, Veritas, Vegetalia) are listed here.

http://kidsinbarcelona.com/content/view/71/37/