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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Valentines Day - Necco's 1oz boxed Heart Candies, Sweet Tarts, Brach's are safe

I wish this was easier. I wish someone else would dedicate their life to tracking down this info and we could just subscribe to their website. Anyway, 3 safe ones I found last year are:

1.  Necco's 1oz boxed “Sweethearts Candies" are safe, but only the 1 oz boxes

"Although New England Confectionery makes products that contain milk, eggs and nuts, both our Sweethearts and Necco Wafer products are manufactured in a segregated area and our Necco Wafers and Sweethearts 1oz Boxes are packaged on separate, dedicated lines.  Please note that our Sweethearts bagged products including the 1/2oz Classroom Exchange products are packed on lines that pack products that contain milk and nuts.  Although we exercise great diligence in cleaning these shared packaging lines, we do suggest that people with allergen issues avoid our bagged Sweethearts product line and purchase the Sweethearts 1oz Boxes instead.
Let us know if you have further questions.  Thank you,  Customer Service"


2.  "Sweet Tarts Hearts", the Willy Wonka brand, are made by Nestle. The Wonka web site stated last year that "all the Wonka brand sugar candies are peanut/tree nut free." But this year, hmmm, I guess I have to call to be sure that they are still safe because now their site says to call in to ask for info, which I will do … http://www.wonka.com/Home.aspx/ProductAllergens


3.  "Conversation Hearts" by Brach's, as long as the disclosure still reads like the photo attached.  Believe it or not, some packaging is from cross-contaminated plants, and currently, the 1 oz. boxes in my photo are no longer safe! So far I know that these are safe:

Brach’s® Large Conversation Hearts Item: 16494 , bulk bag
Weight: 16 Ounces (454 g)


Brach’s® Tiny Conversation Hearts Item: 10497 , bulk bag
Weight: 8 Ounces (227 g)


Brach’s Heartline Tiny Conversation Hearts Box 5 PK Item: 01960 , 5 box packages
3.75 Ounces (106 g) per pack
0.75 Ounces (21 g) per box


Brach’s® Heartline Tiny Conversation Hearts Reseal Bag Item: 31498 , bulk bag
Weight: 35 Ounces (992 grams)



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