Chocolate orange

I was at a sisters house and whilst everyone was munching on delicious food and snacks I found a Terry’s chocolate orange so ate several pieces. Came home and checked the ingredients and it said may contain wheat etc 🙈🙈.

Do many of u think of that line as an important warning ? Or does anybody think it’s not much to worry about

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I would avoid anything with that line as it tends to only feature if there is significant cross contamination risk.

[Cooper27]

A surprisingly large number of coeliac's ignore "may contain" warnings, but it's up to you. For the most part, it's just a covering statement that means gluten has been present in the same factory and there's next to no chance of contamination, but you really ought to avoid to be on the safe side.If you miss orange chocolate, Tesco own brand dark chocolate and orange matchmakers are safe for coeliac's.

[nellie237 in reply to Cooper27]

"Tesco own brand dark chocolate and orange matchmakers are safe for coeliac's" That is really interesting for me. I buy Tesco Dark Mint bars and have 1 or 2 squares. I used to buy this (or lindt) before dx, and it was 1 of the few things I didn't want to give up, and I couldn't find a GF dark mint.

After dx I considered that the Tesco has far less ingredients than most chocolate to worry about, and the 'warning' is for milk & nuts only. It is the only product that I have continued to buy when not certain.

I am 4 months post dx today, and my gut is so much better. (I think it would have been better sooner if it hadn't been for the AKI). I got a drive through coffee today - no reaction in my gut, no immediate burbling/loud noises at all. I'm now looking forward to meeting a few close friends for coffee somewhere quiet outside soon.

I had the endoscope biopsy over 2 weeks ago now, and no news is good news.

Still tired, but less so, and I'm not really sure if my brain is functioning any better. Re-testing Iron etc next week...

THIS BIT IS FOR LADIES ONLY

Because of the low sodium just before the AKI I had to have a chest X-Ray. My GP called me yesterday to say There is a small foci of increased density in the right

lower zone which likely represents nipple shadow. A repeat

x-ray with nipple markers is recommended. ie I've got to go back and have them taped over. I wouldn't mind but I'm not exactly matronly, although it was cold in there - my daughter fell about laughing, and I have to admit so did I. What an exciting prospect.

[Researchfan]

There’s always going to be a risk of cross contamination unless something is produced in a designated gluten free area, which is expensive for food production, but which certified gf are and food labelled gluten free is. May contain can mean the factory is handling gluten ingredients a long side non-gluten containing ingredients. It could mean gluten containing products are run through the same production line before non-gluten containing products with cleaning between (but it’s the same conveyor for example).Coeliac disease requires strict gluten avoidance. Gluten exposure now and again by mistake shouldn’t be worried about but it depends how sensitive you are. There’s no guarantees unfortunately that cross contamination doesn’t happen even if there’s no gluten containing ingredients.

[BabsyWabsy in reply to Researchfan]

In the food industry it is sometimes known as 'alibi labelling' and is used as a sort of insurance policy, even though processing may be completely safe and gluten free. It avoids the bother of going through expensive gluten free compliance procedures and absolves the company of responsibility for any accidental cross contamination which may occur. This is not a problem for most consumers, but leaves the gluten free/wheat free community with a dilemma.