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

This is a quick list of allergen-free Halloween candy for 2011. This list includes candies that do not contain gluten or the top 8 allergens (wheat, milk, soy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish or shellfish) as an ingredient. I have included the allergen statement if it mentions any of these. For the complete listing of allergens and statements see the Halloween Candy List Gluten-Free Allergen-Free 2011. For a quick list of candies that are gluten-free, see the Gluten-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2011.

Note: Please, as always, double check ingredients. This list is meant as a guide only.

NOTE for bloggers/organizations/media: Please do not reprint this list without my permission. Linking to it, however, is just fine and dandy! Printing is encouraged for personal use or for schools, etc. I appreciate your consideration of my work.

ANGIE’S ARTISAN TREATS

• Kettle Corn

BAZOOKA (located in New York, NY 800-489-9149)

• Ring Pops, Push Pops, Baby Bottle Pops

CE DE CANDY (located in New Jersey 908-964-0660)

• Smarties (only USA, not Canada), Giant Smarties, Mega Smarties, Candy Money, Love Hearts, Smarties in a Pouch, Tropical Smarties, X-TREME Sour Smarties, Easter Smarties, Smarties Parties, Smarties Double Lollies, Smarties Mega Lollies, Smarties Pops, Giant Smarties Pops, Candy Necklace
  • Check if it has been re-bagged for allergen info. If the UPC number on the packaging begins with “0 11206″, you can be assured that the product was packaged in one of Ce De Candy’s manufacturing facilities, and is allergen-free

FARLEY’S AND SATHERS (located in Minnesota 888-247-9855)

• Brach’s Candy Corn and Gummi Candy Corn (not flavored candy corns)
  • “Packaged on equipment that processes milk, egg, and soy. Milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and soy may be present in the manufacturing or packaging area.”
• Brach’s Mellowcreme Pumpkins
  • “Packaged on equipment that processes milk, egg, and soy. Milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and soy may be present in the manufacturing or packaging area.”
• Heide candies – Jujyfruits, Jujubes, Red Raspberry Dollars, Red Hot Dollars Wild Cherry, Heide Gummi Bears
• Jujyfruits, Jujubes
  • “Packaged on equipment that packages products containing traces of milk, wheat, egg, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy protein.”
• Super Bubble and Super Bubble Blast
  • “Manufactured in a facility that manufactures products containing traces of eggs.”
• Trolli Gummi Bears, Trolli Sour Brite (Frite) Crawlers
  • “Packaged on equipment that packages products containing traces of milk, wheat, egg, peanuts, tree nuts and/or soy protein.”

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This is a quick list of gluten-free Halloween candy for 2011. 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. For the complete listing of allergens and statements see the Halloween Candy List Gluten-Free Allergen-Free 2011. For a quick list of candies that are free of the top allergens, see the Allergen-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2011.

Note: Please, as always, double check ingredients. This list is meant as a guide only.

NOTE for bloggers/organizations/media: Please do not reprint this list without my permission. Linking to it, however, is just fine and dandy! Printing is encouraged for personal use or for schools, etc. I appreciate your consideration of my work.

Gluten-Free Candy:

AIRHEADS (parent company: Perfetti Van Melle headquartered in Italy and Netherlands)

• Airheads Bars
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that processes wheat flour”

ANGIE’S ARTISAN TREATS

• Kettle Corn

ANNABELLE’S (located in Hayward, CA 510-783-2900)

• Abba Zabba
  • There is the possibility of contamination from flour that is used on the belts
• Big Hunk
  • Regular size (2 oz) is guaranteed gluten-free. Other sizes have the possibility of contamination from flour that is used on the belts
• U-No
  • There is the possibility of contamination from flour that is used on the belts

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The gluten-free allergen-free Halloween candy list is here! I’ve updated the list to reflect ingredient changes, current manufacturers statements by web/phone, and I added some phone numbers so you don’t have to search them yourself if you have a question.

Each candy shows if the ingredients contain wheat/gluten, milk (represents all 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.  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.

Need a short list? Check out these:
Gluten-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2011
Allergen-Free Halloween Candy Quick List 2011

NOTE for bloggers/organizations/media: Please do not reprint this list without my permission. Linking to it, however, is just fine and dandy! Printing is encouraged for personal use or for schools, etc. I appreciate your consideration of my work.

AIRHEADS (parent company: Perfetti Van Melle headquartered in Italy and Netherlands)

• Airheads Bars
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, tree nuts, egg, milk, wheat/gluten
  • Ingredients contain: soybean oil
  • Package statement: “Manufactured in a facility that processes wheat flour”
• Airheads Xtremes Belts
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, tree nuts, egg, milk, soy
  • Ingredients contain: wheat flour, wheat starch

Gluten-Free info (via web Sept 2011): Airheads Bars do not contain gluten; however, they are processed in a facility that uses wheat flour in other items, so Perfetti Van Melle [the parent company] does not claim that Airheads Bars are gluten free.

Allergen info (via web Sept 2011): Airheads do not contain peanuts, tree nuts, pine nuts, sesame, eggs or dairy; however, since it would not be typical for these items to be found in our products, we perform no specific test for them. Please keep in mind that due to the fact that most of the ingredients are agricultural products and could be processed on equipment that may also handle products containing these items, we cannot make the claim that our products are free of said items.

AMERICAN LICORICE CO. (located in Union City, CA 866-442-2783)

• Sour Punch Twists, Bits, Bites, Straws, Sip n Chews
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, tree nuts, egg, milk, soy
  • Ingredients contain: wheat/gluten
• Red Vines – all varieties, including Black, Natural and Fruit Vines
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts, tree nuts, egg, milk, soy
  • Ingredients contain: wheat/gluten

Allergen Info (via web Sept 2011): American Licorice products do not contain peanuts, tree nuts or sesame and peanut oil is not used in the manufacture any of our products. Red Vines® products do not contain peanuts. Peanut and/or peanut oil is not used to manufacture any of our products.

ANGIE’S ARTISAN TREATS

• Kettle Corn
  • Ingredients free of: wheat/gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, milk, soy
  • Ingredients contain: none of the top 8 allergens
  • Package statement: “Certified gluten-free”

ANNABELLE’S (located in Hayward, CA 510-783-2900)

• 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, tree nuts, wheat and peanuts”
• 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, tree nuts, 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, tree nuts, wheat and peanuts”
• Rocky Road, Rocky Road Mint, Rocky Road Dark
  • Ingredients free of: peanuts
  • Ingredients contain: milk, tree nuts (cashews), wheat/gluten (barley malt and wheat flour), soybean oil
  • Package statement: “Made in a facility that uses egg, tree nuts, 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, tree nuts, wheat and peanuts”

Gluten-Free info (via phone Sept 2011): 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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