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Post by JoAnn on Feb 22, 2009 9:50:04 GMT -5
Just an FYI - my granddaughter seems to have a reaction of vomiting and diarhea after eating Smarties candies. We didn't think about it till it happened twice after eating two rolls. She does have problems with acid reflux and has been treated for it since she was a month old. She is 3 1/2 now. Just wanted to pass this along since there may be other children that have this problem.
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Post by tatyanasmom on Mar 16, 2009 19:24:28 GMT -5
This is so helpful!!  I wish I had seen this earlier. I absulutally LOVE all of those candies. I had looked every where for shockers and couldn't find them. (This was before I was diagnosed) And now I just find them and I probably can't eat them. Bummer!! well that's too bad. Thanks.  |
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Post by colormist on Mar 17, 2009 8:48:17 GMT -5
Tatyanasmom - Fred eats Shockers and does quite fine with them. They're too tart for me, or I'd eat them. |
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Post by tatyanasmom on Mar 17, 2009 9:58:39 GMT -5
That is awesome!! Thanks so much.  I am so excited. I think I will go buy some today. Cool!! I am SO happy. I will finally be able to eat some candy. I think I'll go stock up today. Thanks again. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by charlie on Mar 17, 2009 14:53:22 GMT -5
To be honest, I haven't seen any of these in England. Glad you clarified smarties, in England they are colour coated chocolate buttons just oozing sugar and colouring. Haven't even got past first base with glucose yet, tried small amounts in breakfast and behaviour deteriorating fast and lots of blank episodes and No Fructose at all in diet as far as am aware so will steer well clear of trying any sweets for moment.
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Post by tatyanasmom on Mar 19, 2009 15:42:39 GMT -5
So, I tried SHOCKERS yesterday. We bought some at a gas station nearby. Read the label then and it said there was sugar and corn syrup in it.  I thought they were supposed to be safe. Once again, Bummer! Oh well. We got some bottle caps too so I guess it's not so bad. |
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Post by colormist on Mar 20, 2009 7:44:38 GMT -5
Well, poo on the shockers. I figured they had corn syrup on them (certain kinds of corn syrup are okay--the high fructose corn syrup kind is definitely not okay), but I didn't know they had sugar in them. That sucks. I wonder if Fred's noticed this on the label.
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Post by tatyanasmom on Mar 20, 2009 10:51:09 GMT -5
Yeah. I think we'll be staying away from bottle caps now too. Had a reaction to them both times I ate them. Well, there's always pixie stix and smarties.
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Post by julienc on Aug 25, 2009 12:34:59 GMT -5
Drove home on a long road trip yesterday. Stopped to gas up the car, and I did my usual perusal of the candy aisle. Found a large box of runts with NEW FLAVORS!!! I am so excited. They did away with those awful pineapple and mango flavors and now have green apple and grape. The grape is sooooo yummy, and green apple isn't bad either. Banana is still my favorite.
Just thought I'd share. ;D
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Post by colormist on Aug 25, 2009 12:37:56 GMT -5
Will definitely have to pick up new runts. I was kind of bummed when I didn't see lime in the last box I picked up.
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Post by julienc on Aug 25, 2009 13:02:49 GMT -5
Still no lime, but grape *almost* makes up for it.
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Post by mazian on Sept 8, 2009 7:58:55 GMT -5
Does anyone have any sweets from Australia? And how do we find out about the corn starch, what is meant by a "totally different product" is it still derived from corn and does it have the ingredients which give HFI's problems? Thanks
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Post by colormist on Sept 21, 2010 13:19:21 GMT -5
Crap. Bought some gobstoppers this past weekend to fill my gobstopper jar at work. They changed ingredients. Purple is DEFINITELY not safe. I couldn't even bring myself to try any of the other flavors. Seems like Wonka is definitely going down this horrid path of adding fructose to their candies. I won't be surprised if the other candies by them are affected shortly.
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Post by jennifer on Mar 4, 2012 8:52:16 GMT -5
Has anyone tried concord confections candy lego blocks? They have the same ingredient list as pixie sticks, but I am not sure about artificial flavoring. The ingredients are listed as follows: Dextrose, citric acid, calcium stearate, artificial flavors, artificial colors (FD&C Red 40 lak, Blue 1 lake, Yellow 5 lake, Yellow 6 lake). Manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat and dairy products.
I am waiting for a call back from the company who doesn't know anything about their artificial flavoring. They make some other things to with the same ingredients.
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Post by Tammy on Mar 4, 2012 12:40:48 GMT -5
Regina would be fine with this.
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Post by buddhasbelly on Mar 4, 2012 18:15:43 GMT -5
Wow, I just discovered this tread for the first time. All those pictures look so jummy! For me too, finally the Smarties-mistery is solved. I could not imagine those being HFI-safe. Just for fun I am going to try to post some pictures of Dutch candy, if technology works with me |
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Post by buddhasbelly on Mar 4, 2012 18:22:28 GMT -5
I can't seem to make it work. Discovered the 'Insert Image' button, but don't know what to do after the ![]() [/img] appears. Does anyone know how this works? |
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Post by colormist on Mar 5, 2012 8:53:52 GMT -5
Hi buddhasbelly, between the two [ img ] tags, you'll insert a url for where the image is stored. For example: [img]http://mybrands.com/images/products/Nestle-Pixy-Stix-Splash.jpg[/img]Will post:  So, if you're taking the images yourself, you'll need to host them online somewhere. I like imgur www.imgur.com but there are other places, too: flickr, deviantart, etc. |
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Post by buddhasbelly on Mar 5, 2012 11:05:34 GMT -5
Colormist, thank you for the explanation. Lets see if I can make this work now. In the Netherlands there are a few dextrose-based candies, on of them are these watches, that you can put on your wrist because the beads are on an elastic string.  |
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Post by buddhasbelly on Mar 5, 2012 11:10:17 GMT -5
They also come in necklaces  |
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I wish I had seen this earlier. I absulutally LOVE all of those candies. I had looked every where for shockers and couldn't find them. (This was before I was diagnosed) And now I just find them and I probably can't eat them. Bummer!! well that's too bad. Thanks. 
I am so excited. I think I will go buy some today. Cool!! I am SO happy. I will finally be able to eat some candy. I think I'll go stock up today. Thanks again.
I thought they were supposed to be safe. Once again, Bummer! Oh well. We got some bottle caps too so I guess it's not so bad. 