Remember, too much of anything is never good!! Good Luck. Yes, I do love the Brookside chocolates and have not been bothered by them so far, but I also don’t eat a half a bag of them at one sitting. They have too much to loose and it would not be in their best interest. I trust Hersey who have been around for ever and don’t believe such a well known company would attempt to fool us. However, if you are that sensitive then this may still bother you. We must all understand that all products stating that they are “Gluten Free”, may still contain minute amounts of Gluten as per the FDA.
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My research should that it may be the gluten so I went gluten free and within two weeks felt so good that I recommend it to others with these stomach issues.Īfter reading the above comments, I went to the Hersey site as follows: …/gluten-Free-products.aspx, which indicates all their Gluten free products and how the FDA has given them the seal of approval. After having positive results with Lactaid (I still use Lactaid products), I found that eating pizza gave me immediate stomach issues including bloating.
For me, eating Gluten free started after eating a slice of pizza and taking my Lactaid pills. I have had stomach issues for all of my life and am also lactose free. I have been attempting to eat gluten free for over 3 yrs. Yet another reason to avoid processed food, no matter how healthy it appears to be. But if there are unlabelled ingredients in them, they’d be in good company: apparently 30% of foods being sold in the UK are mislabeled. Maybe I just felt crappy because I’d overdosed on sugar. Anyway, if there is gluten in them, Hershey is covered by their “May Contain Wheat, Peanuts, and/or other nuts.” disclaimer. I highly suspect there are ingredients in the sweets that are not actually on the ingredient listing, but without expensive testing there’s no way to know for sure. They look healthy, and even the ingredient list has been artfully crafted to give a healthier image than you’d actually get if they didn’t employ some clever tricks like using 4 different kinds of sugars and 8 different kinds of juices. These sweets are a classic example of the power of deceptive marketing. Sore, achy joints, tingling in my fingers, headaches and grouchiness. I felt like I’d just been glutened, actually. A Closer Look at Brookside’s Dark Chocolate Acai Ingredients ListĪfter eating so many of them that the inside of my mouth was a little bit raw from sucking the chocolate off the gummy candy inside, (What, you thought that these were actually chocolate covered berries? Look at the packaging again.) I noticed that I felt really, really crappy. And eventually I realized that they are not quite what they seem.
They looked good – no weird stuff, just the usual soy lecithin and whatnot that is in most chocolates and processed food. When I bought them in the shop I checked the ingredients list to make sure they were gluten-free, and to check for other nasty chemical ingredients. They’re pretty much the essence of compulsion. If there was any doubt about the addictive nature of sugar, fat and chocolate, you only need to eat a few of these to know the truth. I have a confession to make: I love these Brookside Dark Chocolate Acai with Blueberry sweets.