Okay, this may not be the board to ask, but I thought I would since there are others dealing with different allergies.
DS1 is not a fan of M&M's (thanks to a stupid error on my part where I fed him Canadian Smarties which are fine for nut allergies, not good for the wheat allergic).
Unfortunately they are often used for math projects where he is touching them. This is where the may contain for wheat becomes problematic. I read on an old blog it was the mint and pretzel ones only but saw a label recently where it clearly stated on a large bag of regular M&M's that it was a may contain for wheat.
Ugh.
Oh no! I'd call when you get the chance.
I have 2 pkgs of m&m's in the house, 1 medium bag of regular and 1 bag of minis. Both say "contain milk and soy" and "may contain peanuts". No mention of wheat.
Went looking today since it was just Em and myself. Other than the pretzel variety, not a single bag said "may contain wheat". But I have seen the label twice recently. Nothing new on the Celiac board though.
Why oh why can they just not use Skittles or better yet, no food?
Quote from: YouKnowWho on August 01, 2013, 07:42:27 PM
Went looking today since it was just Em and myself. Other than the pretzel variety, not a single bag said "may contain wheat". But I have seen the label twice recently. Nothing new on the Celiac board though.
Why oh why can they just not use Skittles or better yet, no food?
I know. I could never understand why a one-time purchase of beads or buttons isn't a better option. Personally, I don't remember using physical objects to learn to count. I do remember doing lots of workbook pages that had us count pictures of logs, pencils, pennies, etc.
I am with you Maeve, always have said that. It is candy corn at Halloween, candy hearts at Valentine's, M&Ms in between, and on it goes. Makes much more sense to get a set of beads or buttons! Coins work very well too.
That said, I have not seen that warning for wheat on M&Ms yet, but we do not see them often. Ds just had a box this weekend, though. Makes sense with the pretzel variety, though. If on the same equipment. Skittles are much more allergy friendly, but I am sure the dye bothers some.