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plumbago Experienced
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Note to self: read the ingredients label on foreign sweets you used to eat as a child that someone returning from said foreign country just brought to you (and who did not read the label either to forewarn you!) before scarfing down 2/3 of the tube.

Translation: Smarties are not gluten free.

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cyclinglady Grand Master
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Oh no!  They are gluten-free in the US.  I pass them out every year.  Hope you feel better soon.  

kareng Grand Master
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38 minutes ago, cyclinglady said:

Oh no!  They are gluten-free in the US.  I pass them out every year.  Hope you feel better soon.  

They are a completely different candy in other countries.  Like an M&M.  
 

 

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I didn't even know they were available in the US. I wouldn't have made such a big deal asking a friend to bring me some back from England, if I did. But interesting they are gluten free in the US but not England. I wonder why that is. I also never stop wondering just what exactly wheat adds to a candy that makes it so necessary. Oh well. I shouldn't be eating as much sugar as I have been, now is a good time to quit for at least a couple of weeks.

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Just now, plumbago said:

I didn't even know they were available in the US. I wouldn't have made such a big deal asking a friend to bring me some back from England, if I did. But interesting they are gluten free in the US but not England. I wonder why that is. I also never stop wondering just what exactly wheat adds to a candy that makes it so necessary. Oh well. I shouldn't be eating as much sugar as I have been, now is a good time to quit for at least a couple of weeks.

They are not the same candy.  In the US, we have a completely different candy called Smarties.  They are fruit flavored flat things - 

 

 

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