Is the Jello pistachio pudding made with real nuts or artificial flavor? I was making a pudding pie for Thanksgiving, but when I went to buy the chocolate pudding, the pistachio is right beside it! If it is unsafe can someone suggest another brand or a recipe for homemade? My son looks sooooo forward to this pie that I only make for holidays.
The pistachio flavor contains almonds and pistachios as well as artificial flavor.
Dang it! Other brands?
I use Kozy Shack pudding. It is premade and IMO tastes better than Jello brand. It's easier also!
Do you use it in recipes?
Great Value
Great value instant pudding mix?
I only use it for recipes that call for pudding already made. My pudding pie is simply a Keebler Graham Cracker crust, Kozy Shack pudding and Cool Whip...or if I have time, fresh whipped cream. It is something I usually make when I have to make several different desserts because it so easy and everyone loves it.
We use Great Value.
Yes great value pudding mix just be sure to read the label. The chocolate pudding is safe in my area.
Wait--I'm not understanding why you didn't buy the chocolate pudding. Because it was next to the pistachio?
If you're concerned, wipe of the box before you get home with a Clorox wipe.
I do have a friend--from here--whose son had a rxn after eating Sunbutter (which he ate all the time and was not allergic to) because the outside somehow got cross contaminated with PB--from being handled.
When I buy pistachios and almonds (otherwise safe for my son) that are near peanuts, I just wipe the outside off with a clorox wipe.
I think the concern was with mfg. cross contamination - the boxes being next to eachother probably brought the possibility to mind.
I thought it was shared lines and ds is allergic to pistachios & almonds.i thought I read people had reactions to jello pudding. Have they always had pistachio flavored?
Hormel makes Giant brand. They break down machine and sanitize 3 times after each flavor. Nuts in warehouse!
I don't know about always, but they had pistachio when I was a child, over 40 years ago. It could have gone away and come back, but I think they've always had it. Just maybe not in every store.
I bought Kozy Shack! Thank you!
Quote from: rebekahc on November 20, 2012, 08:41:48 PM
I think the concern was with mfg. cross contamination - the boxes being next to eachother probably brought the possibility to mind.
They've been recalled over the years, too-- so it's VERY likely that they share a manufacturing line. I'll also add, here, that our personal experience suggests that ANYTHING "JELLO" brand probably shares a
packaging line...
because my DD has very consistently reacted to even very small amounts of Jello-- not even the pudding (which she's never had, to be clear)-- even jello-jello.. This is an N, here, of at least seven or eight, and some of those reactions have been grade III or more, and to a single bite of something.
She is very definitely NOT allergic to food colorings or gelatin, but she
is highly allergic to pistachio and cashew. So I think that for someone with a known pistachio allergy, severe rxn hx, and a demonstrably low threshold, this is probably a somewhat valid concern. It's why we don't use anything in the Jello line.
The damn pudding was out of date when I went to make my pie! I made homemade in the microwave! So simple! It was amazing! I will never buy pudding mix again. Let me know if you want the recipe!
Ok here is recipe: my kids love it!
Hasty Chocolate Pudding
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 Tbl cornstarch
2 cups milk
2 tsp vanilla
-in microwave safe bowl, whisk together sugar, cocoa & cornstarch. Whisk milk in a little at a time so mixture doesn't have any lumps.
-place in microwave, cook for 3 minutes on high. Stir, then cook at 1 min intervals, stirring between cooking times for 2-4 minutes or until shinny and thick. Stir in vanilla.
-place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pudding to prevent a skin from forming. Place in refrigerator. Serve cold.
Found on Yummly.
I can only find rice pudding Kozy Shack in my Walmart! :( no chocolate! :(
They only have rice and tapioca here (along with the sugar free kind, but we avoid artificial sweeteners).