Sure Foods Living – gluten-free and allergen-free living

A baby diagnosed with GERD, a tired mother who kept fighting for answers, and a new beginning. Today’s post is from Cherie, a reader of this blog who originally shared her story with me via email. She willingly agreed to share her story publicly, knowing that her difficult journey could help others to avoid the pain that her daughter and her family went through. Thank you Cherie.

My name is Cherie. In 2007 I gave birth to our second child, a beautiful baby girl. She came quickly and was just perfect. Little did I know that this would begin an often difficult and heart wrenching journey. It started right away. Because of a surgery I had when I was younger I was unable to breastfeed my babies. So the nurse gave me some formula for Abigail, but she would not eat it. I should have know something was up — our son, born less then 2 years earlier, ate his first bottle like nothing. But not Abigail. She just would not eat. She just wanted to sleep. We tried so many different things to get her to drink. Finally a nurse decide to try putting the formula in a little medicine cup and putting drops on her lips. Eventually, she started drinking, but we ended up staying in the hospital for 5 days.

When we got home, her feeding issues continued. She never wanted to eat. And when she did she would cry and scream. She would violently spit up. She would throw up. Off to the pediatrician we went. She was diagnosed with GERD. Then put on Zantac. It did not really help. She was still crying and screaming, when I could get her to eat. It was so difficult for me. I was a stay at home Mum, and had Connor who was not even 2 yet. My husband worked a lot and I felt so overwhelmed with this little one who would just scream for hours on end. Abigail needed to be constantly held. She never, I mean NEVER, slept. She would sleep for 20 minutes to half an hour at a time, even at night time. She never napped. When she did sleep she would reflux in her sleep and start gagging and often turned blue from everything settling in in her mouth and throat. I was scared to death to let her sleep in her room because I thought she would choke to death. We did all the typical things: raised her bed, tried to tuck her in so she would not slide down. Nothing really helped.

Finally, after going to the doctor for the millionth time, I took her to the ER. CONTINUE READING »

People with celiac disease are more likely to develop asthma, according to a new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. And, those diagnosed with asthma are more likely to develop celiac disease. How are asthma and gluten linked? The researchers are not quite sure what makes people with celiac disease have a 1.6 fold increased risk of asthma (60% more likely to have asthma) than those without. However, one of the researching doctors in a Reuter’s Health article on the study, speculated that it is related to vitamin D deficiency.

Since people with celiac disease have damaged intestines, they are unable to properly absorb nutrients. According to the Vitamin D Council, Vitamin D helps “the immune and nervous systems defend the body, with defects in this intricate system leading to autoimmune disorders.” Several studies have shown that lower levels of vitamin D related to higher incidence of asthma in children. Just supplementing with vitamin D isn’t enough if the body can’t absorb it, as is the case with celiac disease. Removal of gluten is the only way to heal the intestines, so that they can begin to absorb vitamins again.

But forget those studies… just look at me. I puffed on asthma inhalers every day for about 25 years and took prednisone when the inhalers weren’t enough. Three months after I started a gluten-free diet after I was diagnosed with celiac disease at age 32, I stopped my medication cold turkey. I never used it again. It has been over 8 years.

I hadn’t considered vitamin D deficiency as a cause of my asthma before reading this new study. I recently had my vitamin D tested and it is low even now, so I can’t imagine what the level was before my diagnosis — I was never tested for vitamin deficiencies in the past.

If you have asthma, I urge you to get tested for vitamin deficiencies and for celiac disease. Think of your asthma as a symptom for which there is a cause. To be able to breathe again — now that is a gift.

You can read more about me and my asthma and if you’ve got a story about your asthma, please share it in the comments.

I went skiing this week for the first time since my diagnosis of celiac disease and the beginning of my gluten-free diet more than eight years ago. I used to be an avid skier, starting as a kid on family trips, then in my college days and after with friends. The last time I skied, though I enjoyed it, I was also suffering.

My feet and legs were cramping inside my ski boots, and if you’ve ever worn ski boots you know how stiff they are, so there was really nothing I could do about the cramps but grin and bear it (I cried, however). In addition to the cramping, I was having a difficult time seeing on the slopes. After skiing a bit, I would have to stop because my vision was obscured by white spots in front of my eyes. I would have to wait until I could see again before continuing down the mountain. Being in altitude, I had a hard time catching my breath as many people do, but the lack of air felt like it went deep, and it took a while to recover each time I stopped. All of these difficulties were caused by the anemia I suffered as a result of undiagnosed celiac disease.

That I stopped skiing for many years had nothing to do with these health problems — it’s just that I had kids, and time flew by. But this week I was back at it, and after so many years away from the sport that I loved, several things were clear:

• I no longer suffer from foot and leg cramps while skiing!
• I can see! No more white spots, no more loss of vision. More oxygen to my brain!
• My recovery was much better — I could ski a hard run, and when I stopped I could catch my breath more easily and quickly.
• Ski equipment is so much better! Except for ski boots, which are still uncomfortable (but not as bad without the cramps).

I am older, and not as bold, but I feel good. I see more skiing in my future!

If you suspect you might be suffering from anemia or celiac disease, ask your doctor to get tested. And remember, even if you test negative for celiac disease, you could still have a gluten problem.

“What Matters Most is What’s Inside” — the Attune Foods theme this month — might inspire one to write about seeing the good inside people, to write about not judging a book by its cover, but that’s not where I’m going with this one. I am going to look inside… the stomach!

Every forkful of what you put in your mouth is either inflammatory, contributing to more disease, or anti-inflammatory, contributing to less disease. These are the words of Dr. Tom O’Bryan in a lecture on Unlocking the Secrets of Gluten Sensitivity. What a fascinating way to look at the way we eat. What a black and white way of looking at what we eat! Thinking this way may very well take the enjoyment out of eating altogether, but on the other hand, what value do you place on eating anything you want versus living disease-free?

You’ve heard the saying “All roads lead to Rome.” I once heard a gastroenterologist say “All diseases lead to the stomach”…

To read the rest of this article, please visit me over at Attune Foods. Don’t forget to leave me a comment!

Kikkoman has finally done it — they have created a gluten-free soy sauce. Traditional soy sauce is made with wheat, and is therefore not gluten-free. Wheat-free tamari has been available for years: San-J and Eden Foods are two well-known brands.

To clarify the difference between soy sauce and tamari:
Soy sauce is made from fermented soybeans and wheat. Tamari is made from fermented soybeans and little or no wheat. Tamari is considered richer than soy sauce because of the higher concentration of soybeans.

Some tamari is wheat-free, but many brands of tamari have wheat in them. For example, San-J makes soy sauce (contains 40-60% wheat), tamari (a small amount of wheat), and gluten-free tamari (no wheat).  Kikkoman also makes a Tamari Soy Sauce that contains wheat, so one can’t assume that all tamari is wheat-free.

Kikkoman’s new gluten-free soy sauce is wheat-free, using rice instead of wheat. The ingredients are water, soybeans, rice and salt. What I find interesting is that for years, Kikkoman has claimed that their soy sauce made with wheat is gluten-free by Codex standards, yet they have now come out with a truly gluten-free soy sauce.

Before you get too excited about going out for Asian food again, realize that it’s going to take a while for restaurants to begin using this soy sauce because it needs to be available to them in a large size. Currently there is an almost 1/2 gallon size available for restaurants, but this is small compared to regular soy sauce that comes in 5 gallons! Not only will the available size determine whether or not a restaurant decides to use the gluten-free soy sauce, so will the general availability and the price. Restaurants buy through distributors. If the distributor doesn’t carry the gluten-free soy sauce, then it isn’t available to the restaurants. And the gluten-free soy sauce will probably be more expensive also, deterring restaurants from converting all their dishes to gluten-free.

I still have hope, though, and dream of one day having more choices at a sushi or Chinese restaurant!

You might not be thinking about summer while it’s still winter, but if you are considering sending your child to Camp Celiac, a wonderful gluten-free camp in northern California, mark your calendars now! Registration begins February 1 and fills up fast. Thanks to the Taylor Family Foundation, and other donations and volunteers, Camp Celiac will offer two weeks this year instead of one to allow more kids the opportunity to eat delicious gluten-free food and do camp activities such as a ropes course, rock climbing, zip line, boating, swimming, and outdoor sports.

**For 2011 there will be TWO separate weeks of camp (each with a different group of campers):
Week 1:  Thurs, July 21st- Monday, July 25th, 2011
Week 2:  Monday, July 25th – Friday, July 29th, 2011
Vendor Fair for both groups to be held on Monday, July 25th.

Campers can indicate which of the two weeks they prefer to attend.  For 2011, the second week is tentatively designated for campers who attended in prior years (to help maintain prior contacts and friendships), although campers can express a preference for either week.

Priority is given to campers from Northern California. All campers from Northern California who register between Feb 1st and Feb 14th will be given equal priority if a completed registration is received; i.e. there is no advantage to registering on February 1st rather than February 14th. For more information about how to sign up for this camp, visit the registration page at CeliacCamp.com.

To read a short interview with my relative who attends the camp every year, you can read my post about the camp from last year.

Vitiligo and celiac disease is a topic I have been meaning to write about for a while now. I have both, and believe there is a connection between vitiligo and gluten intolerance. I have found out more on this topic from the readers of this blog than any other source out there, and hope that this incredible information reaches those with vitiligo who are told there is no known cause.

Vitiligo is a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body that occur due to loss of pigment. This loss of pigment often starts on the hands, feet and face, and then can progress to other parts of the body. Hair can turn white where there is a vitiligo patch. Vitiligo is not physically painful, but can be quite emotionally devastating as it affects one’s appearance.

The picture below is of me as a child with vitiligo on my face. It appeared symmetrically below my eyes, but asymmetrically on my legs — 8 spots on only one side of my body.

The spots on my face re-pigmented with the treatment at that time (1973) which was psoralen pills and UV light treatments at Stanford. The spots on my legs remained into adulthood, never getting any bigger or smaller. When I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2002, I didn’t think about the vitiligo, but over the past years since being on a gluten-free diet, CONTINUE READING »

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM 2010. THE 2011 HALLOWEEN LIST IS HERE: Halloween Candy List Gluten-Free Allergen-Free 2011

Here’s the list you’ve been looking for… but first, you get to see the giant spider I made in my yard last year for Halloween! The Home Depot guys cutting the black pipe to my specifications thought I was crazy! The spider is coming out again this year with some modifications (furry perhaps?)

Now on to the candy…

Each candy shows if its ingredients contains wheat/gluten, milk (dairy), soy, egg, nuts, or peanuts (6 of the top 8 allergens — fish and shellfish are not included since I have not found this to be a concern with candy). I do not include coconut as a tree nut and have not listed coconut as an allergen. I called many of the manufacturers and/or checked their websites for gluten and allergen information,which I have noted at the end of each manufacturer’s section. To print this list, click on the Print icon above the title. If you don’t see the print icon, click on the title of the article first.

Note: Please, as always, double check ingredients and also check with the child’s parents before giving them any candy or allowing them to eat anything! I will not be held liable for any accident occurring due to the use of this list. It is meant as a guide only.

In a hurry? Check out these:
Gluten-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2010
Allergen-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2010

NOTE for bloggers: If you are going to post or share this list, would you be so kind as to give me credit and link to me? This took many hours of my life and I even got kicked out of Walgreen’s for taking notes in the candy aisle, so please be considerate of my hard work!

Mainstream candy listed by brand, in alphabetical order:

ADAMS & BROOKS

• Scooby Doo! Fun Pops (lollipops with picture of Scooby Doo)
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, nuts, egg, milk, wheat/gluten, soy
  • Ingredients contain: no top 8 allergens
  • Package statement: “Packaged in a plant that processes peanuts and tree nuts.”

AIRHEADS

• Airheads Bars and Airheads Bars Sour
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, nuts, egg, milk, wheat/gluten
  • Ingredients contain: soybean oil
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that processes wheat flour”
• Airheads Xtremes Rolls
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, nuts, egg, milk
  • Ingredients contain: wheat flour, soybean oil
• Airheads Xtremes Belts
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, nuts, egg, milk, soy
  • Ingredients contain: wheat flour, wheat starch
• Airheads Pops and Whistle Pops
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, nuts, egg, milk, soy, wheat/gluten
  • Ingredients contain: none of the top 8 allergens

AMERICAN LICORICE CO.

• Sour Punch Twists
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, nuts, egg, milk, soy
  • Ingredients contain: wheat/gluten

ANNABELLE’S

• Big Hunk
  • Ingredients free of: wheat/gluten, milk, tree nuts (see company Gluten-Free info below)
  • Ingredients contain: peanuts, eggs, soy lecithin
  • Package statement: “made in a facility that uses milk, egg, treenuts, wheat and peanuts”
• Rocky Road
  • Ingredients free of: none of top 8!
  • Ingredients contain: milk, tree nuts (cashews), wheat/gluten (barley malt and wheat flour), soybean oil
  • Package statement: “may contain peanuts, eggs, and flour”
• Abba Zabba
  • Ingredients free of: tree nuts, eggs, milk, wheat/gluten (see company Gluten-Free info below)
  • Ingredients contain: peanuts, soybean oil and soy lecithin
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that uses milk, egg, treenuts, wheat and peanuts”
• Look
  • Ingredients free of: tree nuts, wheat/gluten (see company Gluten-Free info below)
  • Ingredients contain: milk, peanuts, soy lecithin, eggs
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that uses milk, egg, treenuts, wheat and peanuts”
• U-No
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, eggs, wheat/gluten (see company Gluten-Free info below)
  • Ingredients contain: milk, almonds, soy lecithin
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that uses milk, egg, treenuts, wheat and peanuts”

Gluten-Free info (via phone Sept 2010): The only guaranteed gluten-free candy is the 2 oz. (regular size) Big Hunk. For all other candies, including the mini Big Hunks, there is the possibility of contamination from flour that is used on the belts. While there is no flour used specifically for the Big Hunk minis, there is flour used on the belts for the manufacture of the Look bars.

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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM 2010. THE 2011 HALLOWEEN LIST IS HERE: Allergen-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2011

This is a 2010 quick list of Halloween candy with ingredients that are gluten-free and free of the top 8 allergens. I have included a package statement if it mentions allergens. For a more complete listing, along with company allergy statements, please read the Halloween Candy List – Gluten-Free Allergen-Free – 2010. For a gluten-free listing only, please read the Gluten-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2010. To print this list, click on the Print icon above the title. If you don’t see the print icon, click on the title of the article first.

NOTE for bloggers: If you are going to post or share this list, would you be so kind as to give me credit and link to me? This took many hours of my life and I even got kicked out of Walgreen’s for taking notes in the candy aisle, so please be considerate of my hard work!

Mainstream candies:

ADAMS & BROOKS

• Scooby Doo! Fun Pops (lollipops with picture of Scooby Doo)
  • Package statement: “Packaged in a plant that processes peanuts and tree nuts.”

AIRHEADS

• Airheads Pops and Whistle Pops

CADBURY ADAMS (now part of Kraft Foods)

• Swedish Fish
• Sour Patch Kids and Sour Patch Extreme
• Sour Patch Xploderz
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that handles peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, soy and wheat.”

CE DE CANDY

• Smarties (only USA, not Canada), Smarties in a Pouch, Tropical Smarties, Bubble Gum Smarties, X-TREME Sour Smarties, Smarties Parties, Easter Smarties, Smarties Double Lollies, Smarties Mega Lollies, Smarties Pops
• Candy Money
• Love Hearts
  

FARLEY’S AND SATHERS

• Super Bubble and Super Bubble Blast
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that manufactures products containing traces of eggs.”
    
• Trolli Gummi Bears, Trolli Sour Brite (Frite) Crawlers
  • Package statement: “Made in allergen-free facility but packaged on equipment that packages products containing traces of milk, wheat, egg, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy protein.”
• Jujyfruits, Jujubes
  • Package statement: “Made in allergen-free facility but packaged on equipment that packages products containing traces of milk, wheat, egg, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy protein.”
• Brach’s Candy Corn and Gummi Candy Corn (not flavored candy corns — see below)
  • Package statement: “Packaged on equipment that also packages products containing traces of milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy protein.”
• Brach’s Mellowcreme Pumpkins
  • Package statement: “Packaged on equipment that also packages products containing traces of milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and/or soy protein”
    
• Heide candies — Jujyfruits, Jujubes, Cool Grape, Red Raspberry Dollars, Wild Cherry
  

FERRARA PAN

• Lemonhead, Red Hots, Chewy Lemonhead and Friends, Tropical Chewy Lemonhead and Friends, Applehead, Grapehead, Cherryhead
  • Package statement on some: “This product was manufactured in a facility where peanuts, almonds, milk, cashews, macadamias, pistachios, soy and egg are used in the production of other products.”

FRANKFORD CANDY & CHOCOLATE COMPANY

• SpongeBob Gummy Krabby Patties
  • Package statement on some: “Manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts, almonds, and wheat.”
• Gummy Body Parts
  • Package statement on some: “Manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, milk and soy.”
    

HERSHEY

• Jolly Rancher Hard Candy and Hard Candy Sticks

IMPACT CONFECTIONS

• Warheads Sour Chewy Cubes

JELLY BELLY

• Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

JUST BORN

• Mike & Ike
• Hot Tamales
• Peeps Pumpkins and Ghosts

NECCO

• Necco Wafers
  

RIVIERA

• Spooky Candy Rings (eyeballs, Frankenstein heads and other shapes on rings)

SPANGLER (may contain traces of soy oil)

• Dum Dums
• Chewy Pops
• Saf-T-Pops
• Circus Peanuts
• Candy Canes
• Chewy Canes

TOOTSIE

• Dots

WRIGLEY

• Starburst
• Skittles, Skittle Sour and Skittle Crazy Cores
• Lifesavers Hard Candy and Lifesavers Pops
  • Ingredients free of: wheat/gluten, peanuts, nuts, egg, milk, soy (except some flavors, like Butter Rum)
    
  • Ingredients contain: soy lecithin (some flavors)
    
• Lifesavers Gummies, Big Ring Gummies regular and Sweet and Sour

WONKA

• Bottlecaps, Everlasting Gobstopper, Runts, Fun Dip and Fun Dip Sour, Pixy Stix, Sweetarts (regular), Tart N Tinys, Nerds, Spree
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that also processes wheat and egg.” (Sweetarts)
• Giant Chewy Nerds
  • Package statement: “Made on equipment that also processes peanuts, nuts, milk, wheat and soy.”

Natural/specialty candies:

AMANDA’S OWN CONFECTIONS (www.amandasown.com)

• Chocolate shapes and chocolate lollipops

ANNIE’S

• Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks (Flavors: Tropical Treat, Berry Patch, Sunny Citrus, Summer Strawberry)

ENJOY LIFE (www.enjoylifefoods.com)

• Boom CHOCO Boom Dark Chocolate Bar, Crispy Rice Bar, Milk Bar

INDIE CANDY (www.indiecandy.com)

• Halloween Chocolate Lollipops, Halloween Crystal Lollipops, Halloween Gummies

PURE FUN (www.organiccandy.com)

• Halloween Pure Pops
  • Ingredient statement: “Manufactured in a segregated area of a facility that may product products containing nuts.”

SURF SWEETS (www.surfsweets.com)

• Gummy Worms, Gummy Swirls, Gummy Bears, Fruity Bears, Jelly Beans, Sour Worms, Sour Berry Bears

YUMMY EARTH (www.yummyearth.com)

• Lollipops, Candy Drop, Gummy Bears, Gummy Worms

Looking for non-candy ideas for Halloween? Read How to have an allergy-free Halloween.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM 2010. THE 2011 HALLOWEEN LIST IS HERE: Gluten-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2011

This is a quick list of gluten-free Halloween candy for 2010. This list includes candies that do not contain wheat or gluten as an ingredient. I have included the allergen statement if it mentions wheat or gluten.

Note: Please, as always, double check ingredients and also check with the child’s parents before giving them any candy or allowing them to eat anything! I will not be held liable for any accident occurring due to the use of this list. It is meant as a guide only.

For a more complete listing, along with allergy statements and other allergens, please read the Halloween Candy List – Gluten-Free Allergen-Free – 2010. For a list of candy free of most major allergens, read the Allergen-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2010. To print this list, click on the Print icon above the title. If you don’t see the print icon, click on the title of the article first.

NOTE for bloggers: If you are going to post or share this list, would you be so kind as to give me credit and link to me? This took many hours of my life and I even got kicked out of Walgreen’s for taking notes in the candy aisle, so please be considerate of my hard work!

Mainstream candies:

ADAMS & BROOKS

• Scooby Doo! Fun Pops (lollipops with picture of Scooby Doo)

AIRHEADS

• Airheads Bars and Airheads Bars Sour
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that processes wheat flour.”
• Airheads Pops and Whistle Pops

ANNABELLE’S

• Big Hunk
  • Package statement: “made in a facility that uses milk, egg, treenuts, wheat and peanuts”
• Abba Zabba
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that uses milk, egg, treenuts, wheat and peanuts”
• Look
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that uses milk, egg, treenuts, wheat and peanuts”
• U-No
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that uses milk, egg, treenuts, wheat and peanuts”

CADBURY ADAMS (now part of Kraft Foods)

• Swedish Fish
• Sour Patch Kids and Sour Patch Extreme
• Sour Patch Xploderz
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that handles peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, soy and wheat.”

CE DE CANDY

• Smarties (USA only, not Canada), Smarties in a Pouch, Tropical Smarties, X-TREME Sour Smarties, Easter Smarties, Smarties Parties, Smarties Double Lollies, Smarties Mega Lollies, Smarties Pops
• Bubble Gum Smarties
• Candy Money
• Love Hearts

FARLEY’S AND SATHERS

• Super Bubble and Super Bubble Blast
• Trolli Gummi Bears, Trolli Sour Brite (Frite) Crawlers
  
  • Made in allergen-free facility but packaged on equipment that packages products containing traces of milk, wheat, egg, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy protein.
• Jujyfruits, Jujubes
  
  • Made in allergen-free facility but packaged on equipment that packages products containing traces of milk, wheat, egg, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy protein.
• Now and Later regular
• Now and Later Soft
• Brach’s Candy Corn and Gummi Candy Corn (not flavored candy corns — see below)
  • Package statement: “Packaged on equipment that also packages products containing traces of milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy protein.”
• Brach’s Caramel Candy Corn, Caramel Apple Candy Corn, Chocolate Caramel Candy Corn
  • Package statement: “Packaged on equipment that also packages products containing traces of milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and/or soy protein”
• Brach’s Mellowcreme Pumpkins
  • Package statement: “Packaged on equipment that also packages products containing traces of milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and/or soy protein”
    
• Heide candies — Jujyfruits, Jujubes, Cool Grape, Red Raspberry Dollars, Wild Cherry

FERRARA PAN

• Lemonhead
• Red Hots
• Chewy Lemonhead and Friends
• Tropical Chewy Lemonhead and Friends
  
• Applehead
• Grapehead
• Cherryhead

FRANKFORD CANDY & CHOCOLATE COMPANY

• SpongeBob Gummy Krabby Patties
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts, almonds, and wheat.”
    
• Gummy Body Parts
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, milk and soy.”
    

HERSHEY

• Milk Chocolate Bars
• Milk Chocolate Bars with Almonds
• Milk Duds
• Heath Minis
• Kisses, Special Dark Kisses
• Almond Joy
• Mr. Goodbar
• Baby Ruth
• Jolly Rancher Hard Candy and Hard Candy Sticks
• Jolly Rancher Doubles, Pops and Mini-Stix
• Reese’s
• Pay Day
• York Peppermint Patties
  

IMPACT CONFECTIONS

• Warheads Sour Chewy Cubes
• Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy
  

JELLY BELLY

• Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

JUST BORN

• Mike & Ike
• Hot Tamales
• Peeps Pumpkins and Ghosts
• Peeps Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate Covered Pumpkins

MARS

• M & Ms Plain
• M & Ms Peanut
• Snickers
• 3 Musketeers and 3 Musketeers Mint
• Milky Way Midnight Bar
• Dove Milk Chocolate and Dove Dark Chocolate
• Dove Peanut Butter

NECCO

• SkyBar Twilight Saga Chocolate Truffle Heart
• SkyBar Twilight Saga Peanut Butter Wolf
  
• SkyBar Twilight Saga Caramel Cullen Medallion
  
• Mary Janes
  
• Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses (orange wrapper like taffy with no ingredients)
• Wafers
  

NESTLE

• Butterfinger
• Raisinets
• Bit-O-Honey
• Baby Ruth

PEARSON’S

• Mint Patties

POPCORN EXPRESSIONS

• Kettle Corn Snack Bags

RIVIERA

• Spooky Candy Rings (eyeballs, Frankenstein heads and other shapes on rings)

R.M. PALMER COMPANY

• Palmer Tricky Treats — Googly Eyes, Boneheads, Pumpkin Patch
  • Package statement: “Manufactured on equipment which also processes wheat, peanut butter and tree nuts.”
• Creepy Peepers (white wrapped balls that look like eyeballs with various colors of eyes and red veins — no ingredients listed on individual pieces)
  • Package statement: “Manufactured on equipment which also processes wheat, peanut butter and tree nuts.”
• Peppermint Patties
  • Package statement: “Manufactured on equipment which also processes wheat, peanut butter and tree nuts.”

RUSSELL STOVER

• Marshmallow Pumpkin, Orange Marshmallow Pumpkin, Marshmallow Football
  • Package statement: “Products have been produced on shared equipment with peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and wheat.”
• Coconut Cream Pumpkin
  • Package statement: “Products have been produced on shared equipment with peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and wheat.”

SPANGLER

• Dum Dums
• Chewy Pops
• Saf-T-Pops
• Circus Peanuts
• Candy Canes
• Chewy Canes
• Shrek Ogreheads
  

TOOTSIE

• Charleston Chew (including minis)
• Charms Blow Pops, Sweet Pops, Zip-A-Dee Mini Pops, Fluffy Stuff Pops
• Charms Flat Pops
• Dots
• Tootsie Pops
• Tootsie Rolls and Fruit Rolls
• Junior Mints
• Junior Caramels
• Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum, Tear Jerker Sour Bubble Gum
• Sugar Babies and Sugar Mama
• Sugar Daddy
• Caramel Apple Pops

WONKA

• Bottlecaps, Everlasting Gobstopper, Runts, Fun Dip and Fun Dip Sour, Pixy Stix, Sweetarts (regular), Tart N Tinys, Nerds, Spree
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that also processes wheat and egg.” (Sweetarts)
• Chewy Runts, Chewy Gobstopper, Laffy Taffy Stretchy and Tangy, Giant Chewy Sweetarts, Mini Chewy Sweetarts, Sweetarts Chewy Twists, Chewy Tart N Tiny, Chewy Spree
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that also processes wheat.” (Giant Chewy Sweetarts)
    
• Laffy Taffy, Laffy Taffy Rope, Sweetarts Chew
• Giant Chewy Nerds
  • Package statement: “Made on equipment that also processes peanuts, nuts, milk, wheat and soy.”

WRIGLEY

• Starburst
• Skittles, Skittle Sour and Skittle Crazy Cores
• Lifesavers Hard Candy and Lifesavers Pops
• Lifesavers Gummies, Big Ring Gummies regular and Sweet and Sour
• Hubba Bubba Gum, Glop, Max, Pop

Natural/specialty candies:

AMANDA’S OWN CONFECTIONS (www.amandasown.com)

• Chocolate shapes and chocolate lollipops

ANNIE’S

• Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks (Flavors: Tropical Treat, Berry Patch, Sunny Citrus, Summer Strawberry)

CHOCOLATE DECADENCE (www.chocolatedecadence.com)

• Chocolate Halloween shapes and chocolate bars
  • except pretzel items

CRISPY CAT

• Mint Coconut Candy Bar
• Toasted Almond Candy Bar
• Chocolate Marshmallow Candy Bar

DIVVIES (www.divvies.com)

• Boo x2 Chocolate Ghosts
• BinGo! Divvine Chocolate Bar
• Benjamint Crunch Bar
• Halloween Jelly Beans

ENJOY LIFE (www.enjoylifefoods.com)

• Boom CHOCO Boom Dark Chocolate Bar, Crispy Rice Bar, Milk Bar

INDIE CANDY (www.indiecandy.com)

• Halloween Chocolate Lollipops
• Halloween Crystal Lollipops
• Halloween Gummies

PURE FUN (www.organiccandy.com)

• Halloween Pure Pops

SURF SWEETS (www.surfsweets.com)

• Gummy Worms, Gummy Swirls, Gummy Bears, Fruity Bears, Jelly Beans, Sour Worms, Sour Berry Bears

YUMMY EARTH (www.yummyearth.com)

• Lollipops, Candy Drop, Gummy Bears, Gummy Worms

Looking for non-candy ideas for Halloween? Read How to have an allergy-free Halloween.