Are Whitman's Chocolates Gluten-Free?

Celiac.com 12/11/2021 - According to Wikipedia, "Whitman's is one of the largest and oldest brands of boxed chocolates in the United States. Whitman's confections have been produced since 1842, originally by Stephen Whitman in Philadelphia and currently by Kansas City, Missouri-based Russell Stover Candies. The Whitman's Sampler, an assortment of boxed chocolates, is still popular after more than a century." Whitman's is especially popular for their seasonal sampler boxes found in stores nationwide.

According to the Russell Stover's website, "Most [Russell Stover] products do not contain gluten from added ingredients. Those that do contain wheat gluten, such as S'mores clearly show the presence of wheat in the ingredient listings. However, please be aware that products containing wheat are produced on equipment that is also used to make our other products. So, we cannot rule out the possibility of cross-contact, despite efforts to prevent it. Because of that possibility, we do not declare any of our products to be gluten-free."

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Because there are so many gluten-free, and gluten-safe choices for chocolates these days, we don't recommend Whitman's chocolates for people with celiac disease.

If you're looking for gluten-free chocolate, here’s a comprehensive list of Gluten-Free and Gluten-Safe Candies, 

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• See's Candies - Candies produced in See’s Candies facilities do not contain gluten, and these products are the vast majority of those we sell. We sell a small amount of specialty candies that we purchase from other partner confectioners. Although these don’t contain gluten, they are manufactured in shared facilities or in shared equipment with gluten-containing products. These products are candy canes, peanut butter bites, lemon drops, apple pie bites, Hanukkah hard candy, hot cocoa, chocolate covered coffee beans sold in our retail shops and online at Sees.com.
• Gluten-Free Candy Bars
• Snickers