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Cadbury Mini Eggs =(

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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In our daily struggles with this disease, a "may or may not" answer is just not good enough for me. I can give up Cadberry Mini Eggs, but it's the principle here! This product either is gluten free or it is not, period! :angry:

I want the respect of an answer!

(thanks moongirl and patti for your contribution here :D , but I'm on a ramp!) :o

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blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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That is pretty much what I was getting, so pretty much what they are saying is the products not on their gluten-free list, they dont know if its gluten-free or not, if it has the natural flavorings....

what gets me is if they can't say if it is or not how can they choose what list to put it on?

Moongirl Community Regular
Moongirl
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what gets me is if they can't say if it is or not how can they choose what list to put it on?

i might be giving up on hersheys for a while till they get their story straight! :angry:

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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i might be giving up on hersheys for a while till they get their story straight! :angry:

well I have had better chocolate...the only Hershey's chocolate I eat is the mini eggs......plus they just raised the prices and are involved in a court case for price gouging....

jayhawkmom Enthusiast
jayhawkmom
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Isn't it entirely TERRIFYING to think that these companies are putting "ingredients" in the foods we eat, and they have NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THEM??????????

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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Isn't it entirely TERRIFYING to think that these companies are putting "ingredients" in the foods we eat, and they have NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THEM??????????

Very terrifying!

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Isn't it entirely TERRIFYING to think that these companies are putting "ingredients" in the foods we eat, and they have NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THEM??????????

Absolutely!!!! They should be held accountable.

Not buying Hershey products won't effect them unless you let them know why.

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Moongirl Community Regular
Moongirl
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Absolutely!!!! They should be held accountable.

Not buying Hershey products won't effect them unless you let them know why.

Oh I already told them why, and i gave her the whole breakdown of celiacs, cause she had no idea....and I told her that people with celiac disease can not take that risk, and you know what her answer was,....."OH OK" Real big help she was!

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Supervisor Call:

All allergens are disclosed as required by law.

Natural Flavor is outsourced and that information is "proprietary and not given" and are not required to full disclosure (other than the eight allergens)

"All Hershey products that contain "Natural Flavors" are considered not gluten free, is that correct"? YES

SHAME ON HERSHEY!!!!!

(Amanda, one finger for me!!)

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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SHAME ON HERSHEY!!!!!

(Amanda, one finger for me!!)

Can do!

A lot of people in this town are angry with Hershey, next to the Medical Center where I work, the chocolate factory was the next biggest employer. With their idea to move operations out of America to other countries a lot of jobs were cut here and in other Hershey factories in the US....and since the move the chocolate has not been as good...I have heard many complaints.

So now that they are not helping the celiac community I will find chocolate elsewhere.

I have to admit, Wegmans makes their own high class chocolate and did confirm gluten free status on the milk chocolate bar I liked. It was a little more pricer than a Hershey's bar but it also tasted sooo much better!

Morrisun Newbie
Morrisun
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Wow that is just so wrong and seems like such a lazy CYA statement. Guess I'll add Hershey to my letter writing list. :angry:

jayhawkmom Enthusiast
jayhawkmom
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Supervisor Call:

All allergens are disclosed as required by law.

Natural Flavor is outsourced and that information is "proprietary and not given" and are not required to full disclosure (other than the eight allergens)

SO, basically they are saying that they have absolutely no idea what types of ingredients they are putting in their candy. Wow. Uh... yea... I don't think I'll be eating Hershey's anymore, EVER!

Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
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I'm confused, the eggs are labeled as being free of gluten, but one of the ingredients in them cannot be verified as gluten-free by the company, but the label does not reflect this?

So does this mean we can't trust the labeling, not just with Hersheys, but other companies that possibly use outsourced ingredients they cannot verify as gluten-free?

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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I'm confused, the eggs are labeled as being free of gluten, but one of the ingredients in them cannot be verified as gluten-free by the company, but the label does not reflect this?

So does this mean we can't trust the labeling, not just with Hersheys, but other companies that possibly use outsourced ingredients they cannot verify as gluten-free?

Julie,

The Cad Mini Eggs are not labled "gluten free", but they will not verify their "Natural Flavors" as gluten free. So they may or may not have an ingredient as barley, malt or rye, therefore they will not verify that the product is gluten free.....or all of Hershey's Products.

cruelshoes Enthusiast
cruelshoes
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Hersheys has a long track record of being consistently inconsistent in their responses when people call their customer care line. Open Original Shared Link from another celiac board from 2006. It is the same crappy CYA, the same runaround. I used to be a big fan of Hersheys, but I am not so sure anymore. I definitely won't eat any of their products that contain natural flavors.

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Hersheys has a long track record of being consistently inconsistent in their responses when people call their customer care line. Open Original Shared Link from another celiac board from 2006. It is the same crappy CYA, the same runaround. I used to be a big fan of Hersheys, but I am not so sure anymore. I definitely won't eat any of their products that contain natural flavors.

WOW, two years later....the same run-a-round. A progressive company, I think. <_<:angry::angry:

blondebombshell Collaborator
blondebombshell
Posted

soooo are they SAFE? are they wheat/gluten free?

Fiddle-Faddle Community Regular
Fiddle-Faddle
Posted

I don't think it's any great loss--I've always thought Hershey's chocolate had a sour-milk aftertaste, anyway.

(HERSHEY'S--I hope you are reading this!!! Chocolate that doesn't taste as good as the competitor's, AND you can't even bother to learn what the ingredients are?? Double shame on you! :ph34r: )

JennyC Enthusiast
JennyC
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Supervisor Call:

All allergens are disclosed as required by law.

Natural Flavor is outsourced and that information is "proprietary and not given" and are not required to full disclosure (other than the eight allergens)

"All Hershey products that contain "Natural Flavors" are considered not gluten free, is that correct"? YES

SHAME ON HERSHEY!!!!!

(Amanda, one finger for me!!)

WHAT??!! :o I went on a company calling spree before Halloween. Many of the companies that I called, INCLUDING HERSHEY'S, told me that they disclose all gluten in their ingredients. I thought that as long as there was no gluten in the ingredient statement, we were fine. <_< I'm calling them today!

Ms. Celiac Apprentice
Ms. Celiac
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So it seems like the mini Cadbury eggs are not gluten free. Are the regular sized Cadbury eggs safe? Or safe as far as we know?

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted
So it seems like the mini Cadbury eggs are not gluten free. Are the regular sized Cadbury eggs safe? Or safe as far as we know?

As Hershey has stated - "ANY PRODUCT THAT LISTS NATURAL FLAVOR IS NOT GLUTEN FREE". The company itself will not quarantee the gluten free status of their products.

Ms. Celiac Apprentice
Ms. Celiac
Posted

Do the regular Cadbury eggs contain natural flavors?

Glutenfreefamily Enthusiast
Glutenfreefamily
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Thats it Im protesting Hershey's and telling my family members too. <_<

Mars company is better anyways. My family loves m-n-m's.

Glutenfreefamily Enthusiast
Glutenfreefamily
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Do the regular Cadbury eggs contain natural flavors?

I found this but cant guarantee it hasnt been changed so its best to check the label, it doesnt appear to contain natural flavors.

Open Original Shared Link

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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It does, however, tell you that one egg is 32% fat!!!

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