SUPERMARKET giant Morrisons has signed up to Coeliac UK's Gluten-free Guarantee campaign.

The campaign asks supermarkets to commit to having a basket of eight core items of gluten-free staple food across all stores, making it easier for people with coeliac disease to manage their diet.

The eight products are white bread, pasta, cereal, flour, cereal bars, rolls, crackers and one other bread (brown or seeded).

All 494 of Morrisons stores - including Skipton - have signed up to the Guarantee and are now stocking the items

Sarah Sleet, chief executive of Coeliac UK, said: “In a recent survey about shopping habits 74 per cent of Coeliac UK members who responded said they have to visit more than one supermarket to complete their shopping. It is wonderful that Morrisons has joined the campaign so that people with coeliac disease will be able to buy these eight staple gluten-free items in each of its stores.

"Things have improved beyond recognition in the last few years as the range of products now available in supermarkets continues to grow, but many will be surprised that for most people with coeliac disease shopping for gluten-free items is still a real challenge, and becoming increasingly so, as the NHS in England continues to cut prescribing support for patients.”