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Vicks Products...still Gluten-Free?

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Starlight81 Newbie
Starlight81
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Hi, everyone,

About a month ago, I visited the Vicks medicine website (vicks.com), where in their FAQ they stated that all Vicks products are gluten-free. Now I have a cold, and when I went back to the Vicks website to once again verify the gluten-free status of their products, I noticed that the gluten-free information is no longer in their FAQ. Does that mean that they are reformulating their products and that they may now contain gluten?

I see that Vicks now makes a product called Natrue Fusion, which they specifically state is gluten-free, but I'd visited their website to check the status of NyQuil and DayQuil...and now I'm wondering if those products are safe.

If anyone has any insights or info, please share! :) Thank you!

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kareng Grand Master
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I hope so!

This from the website. It was with FAQS, something like "more FAQs"

Is there Gluten in Vicks?

Published 11/14/2005 03:12 PM | Updated 03/10/2011 10:39 AM

Is there Gluten in Vicks?

You'll be happy to know that none of our Vicks products contain gluten.

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Starlight81 Newbie
Starlight81
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Thanks for finding this info, Karen! I see that they submitted this answer back in 2011, and I know that Vicks' website stated on their website as recently as about a month ago that the products are gluten-free. But since that info is not clearly stated there anymore, I'm definitely worried. I ended up sending them an email to ask if the products are still all gluten-free. I'll update this post with their answer once I hear back. Fingers crossed that these products are still OK... :)

I hope so!

This from the website. It was with FAQS, something like "more FAQs"

Is there Gluten in Vicks?

Published 11/14/2005 03:12 PM | Updated 03/10/2011 10:39 AM

Is there Gluten in Vicks?

You'll be happy to know that none of our Vicks products contain gluten.

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kareng Grand Master
kareng
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I think it would be unlikely that they would re- formulate all thier products in less then a year to include gluten ( an issue they show they are aware of).

Don't be surprised if you get a CYA statement that says they don't add gluten but won't guarantee gluten-free status. That usually just means they don't spend the money to test.

Starlight81 Newbie
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Yeah, I agree, it's probably unlikely that they'd suddenly start using gluten in their products. But since now they seem to be specifically marketing their Nature Fusion as gluten-free, yet there's no other gluten-related info readily available on their site anymore, it definitely makes me wonder. I'm probably overthinking it, but hopefully they can provide an up-to-date and definitive answer...although I won't be at all surprised if it's more of a CYA type of answer, either.

I think it would be unlikely that they would re- formulate all thier products in less then a year to include gluten ( an issue they show they are aware of).

Don't be surprised if you get a CYA statement that says they don't add gluten but won't guarantee gluten-free status. That usually just means they don't spend the money to test.

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