Has anyone reacted to HU Chocolates?

[Natalia Lopez]

Hello there,

I was wondering if anyone has reacted to HU chocolates, they are vegan and made with coconut sugar, made with all natural ingredients and are gluten-free certified. I understand not al gluten-free certified labels mean the food is safe for celiacs so I wanted to ask the community to see if anyone might have had a similar experience to mine. 

I ate a bag of this when I was recently diagnosed (almost a year ago) and didn’t understand well label reading yet so I just focused on the no cane sugar, no dairy and the gluten-free certified label and went for it because it suited my needs. At that moment I was following a very strict diet because I had developed a lot of food sensitivities and was slowly understanding my celiac symptoms but whenever I ate these chocolates, even 5 pieces (they are a bit bigger than chips), my stomach would grumble and hurt a bit, not enough to rush to the bathroom though. I slowly ate the entire bag and this would happen every single time so I got suspicious and checked the bag again. It does include, very clearly, the disclaimer that it is made on the same equipment that is used to process other allergens and wheat is one of them. Maybe I’m one of those very sensitive celiacs and react to 20ppm because I know the other ingredients listed don’t cause me problems.

I have tried to find reviews, forums, checked the company’s info and couldn’t find anything about people reacting. 
 

Thanks 💚

[Scott Adams]

I took a look at their Web site FAQ and it says:

https://hukitchen.helpdocs.io/article/xsjbgdextv-are-all-of-your-products-gluten-free

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ARE ALL OF YOUR PRODUCTS GLUTEN FREE?

All of our chocolate products (including Hu chocolate bars and Hunks) are certified Gluten Free.

So I doubt they would contain any gluten. Certified products must be below 10ppm.

Could it be the high cocoa level in this? In some people, cocoa can trigger IBS-like symptoms.

[Natalia Lopez]

I really haven’t reacted like that with other cacao products, I usually use raw cacao powder to make my own chocolates or hot chocolate and never gotten that reaction, and same goes with coconut sugar and cacao butter. But to be fair this was when I was recently diagnosed and my digestive system was barely tolerating any foods (I’m still working on reintroducing foods I couldn’t eat before with some luck 😕). Thanks for the input. I’ll keep it in mind for the future. 💚