6 – 8 % of children have a proven food allergy (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2011) 

An estimated 21 million adults in the UK suffer from at least one allergy (Mintel, 2010)

An estimated 10 million adults suffer from more than one allergy  (Mintel, 2010)

By 2015 50% Europeans will suffer from an allergy (EFA, 2011)

UK hospital admissions for food allergies have increased by 500% since 1990(Gupta, 2007)

The prevalence of diagnosed allergic rhinitis and eczema in children have both trebled over the last three decades (Gupta, 2007)

There are around 30 allergy specialists in the UK, that’s one for every 700,000 sufferers

20% of the population are affected by allergic rhinitis (Allergy The Unmet Need, 2003)

The number of sufferers from rhinitis has tripled in the last 20 years (Allergy The Unmet Need, 2003)

Asthma, Rhinitis and Eczema have trebled in the last 20 years (Allergy The Unmet Need, 2003)

10% of children and adults under the age of 45 have 2 or more allergies (Allergy The Unmet Need, 2003)

13 million people below the mid forties have 2 or more allergies (Allergy The Unmet Need, 2003)

50% of children and young people have one or more allergy within the first 18 years of life (Journal of Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2009)

£900million per annum spent by Primary Care is due to allergy (Enquiry Into Provision of Allergy Services, 2004)

£68million per annum is the cost of hospital admissions due to allergy (Enquiry Into Provision of Allergy Services, 2004)

The UK is one of the top three countries in the world for the highest incident of allergy (The Allergenic Invasion, 1999)