Oreo makes peanut butter filling... uh oh?

I just called Oreo (well, Nabisco, actually) and learned the following:

- Non-nut flavored Oreos are presently manufactured in peanut-free facilities.  They can't tell me if the facilities are tree-nut free.

- Nabisco will always include a "may contain..." statement if they feel a risk of cross-contamination may exist after they have employed all of their procedures to negate potential cross-contamination

- Nabisco does not use "made in a facility that also processes products that contain peanuts or tree nuts..." statement.  Instead, they will take all precautions to eliminate risk of cross-contamination.

- Nabisco equipment lines are designed to accommodate multiple products, and they "prevent" the risk of cross-contamination by "thorough cleaning and testing between runs of different products"

Bottom Line: read the label for disclosure of cross-contamination risk that Nabisco could not prevent.  Buy Nabisco products (including Oreos) if you are comfortable with their cross-contact prevention policies and the specific package label does not warn of potential cross-contamination.

Streit Kosher Foods - bag in a box mixes are safe!

We make macaroons and use coconut and tree nuts.  However, that is done on a
separate line in a separate room and no nuts are used on the equipment we
use to make the cake mixes and all our other bag in a box mixes.  The
production supervisor is very careful about allergens and there is no chance
of cross contamination.

Alan Adler
Aron Streit, Inc.
150 Rivington St.
New York, NY 10002

Safe Food Coloring - McCormick!

You can rely on their labeling

WHERE ARE SAFE SPRINKLES?

Still looking for these creatures...  The only place I've found them are at Vermont Nut Free Chocolates.

Vanilla/Almond/Other Extracts

I got this from another mom... and will verify myself. But for now..
McCormick: "McCormick and Co. does not use peanuts or tree nuts in any of our facilities. The Oil of Bitter Almond used in our Pure Almond Extract is extracted from apricot kernels, not the almond itself."

Nielsen-Massey: "All of our products are nut free. We do not process anything with tree nuts in our facility. In fact our Almond Extract is actually made from bitter almond oil which comes from stone fruit pits such as peaches. Please be assured that all of our products are safe from nut allergens."

Wilton: "I have attached a link from our website that displays our vanilla extracts and the following allergy information:

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E30D833-475A-BAC0-52C00F6FD95206EF&fid=78453C7E-475A-BAC0-57C37A0C5D55907A

No Peanuts/treenuts in the product but there are peanuts/treenuts present in the facility

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E314C89-475A-BAC0-56036B0DE5130990&fid=78453C30-475A-BAC0-5A9F9766D10A9E08

No Peanuts/Treenuts in the product but there are peanuts/treenuts present in the facility

As far as our sprinkles and decorations are concerned, because we are very specific when it comes to food allergies, if you would kindly provide me with a few stock numbers from our website of some decorations that you are interested in because we want to make sure that we provide you with the correct information."