Nestle Semi-Sweet Morsels

Boo, Nestle!!!!!
Thanks, Shawnee!

I have also been baking chocolate chip cookies using Nestle semi-sweet chips for my son who is PA (which we found out over a year ago). I just found out a couple weeks ago about their failure to label their package. I was very disappointed to hear this. I guess we have been fortunate that he has not had a reaction to them! Now, I have to figure out a way to educate my family (who all uses Nestle Chips) and find chips that are safe for him as he is a true Cookie Monster!
Good Luck!

Just heard from Krogers. (a supermarket in the midwest) I had them go the extra mile to check on their semi-sweet morsels. They are made in a completely nut free plant!!! Krogers was VERY helpful.

I called Hershey's to check out their chocolate chips and they assured me they were made on a nut-free line. They told me they make those first, along with the plain hershey bars and the kisses. They thoroughly wash and sanitize their equipment in a 3-hr process between batches of everything they make. I was happy with their response.

But they told you the plain 1.55 oz bars are made in a separate nut free room, right? That's what they told me when I called. I seem to remember someone on this board saying they took a tour of the Hershey facility and actually saw the room.

I was told the same things as what Heather just wrote, that ONLY the 1.55 oz. Hershey bars are completely nut free...

Hi,

This news really made me upset. One thing I felt okay about was Nestle toll house homemade cookies. I will, like you, have to let my family and friends know not to make these for him unless they check and recheck chip labels. I have tried not to get mad at this allergy, but now I'm getting a little steamed around the edges!

nutfreemom

My sister actually called the Nestle company the other day while she was babysitting my PA son as she was making cookies as I told her she couldn't give him any. She didn't think it was right that he couldn't have a cookie. They told her that the packaging they are using now is old and the new ones will indicate the warning label. They said they thoroughly sanitize their equipment, but that because some people have such a high sensitiviy, that they have to label it just because it has been present in the building. My sister wasn't happy with them! They are suppose to be sending me information on it.

So the Hershey 1.55 oz plain chocolate bars are completely nut and peanut free? They are safe for my PA son? PLEASE GIVE ME MORE INFO!!!!! AT LAST A CANDY BAR HE CAN EAT!

When I talked to the cust. rep. @ Hershey's, she told me that they are very aware of allergies and that pnut/nut are Category 1--severe. They will definitely list these ingredients, but will list a 'may contain...' statement on those products that were made in a facility with pnut/nut or on shared equipment. When you ask about a particular product (I was asking about their choc. chips), it comes up on their computer with an "Allergy Note" and lists all the offending allergens, but if you have a question they can't answer, they will go and find out for you. This is the response I received from them, but you might feel better hearing from them yourselves--maybe you have more specific questions than I did. It would be interesting to see if there would be a different response.

I also made a suggestion that they should make all the pnut/nut free products first, then go through their 3 hour process of washing/sanitizing the equipment, then make the products that contain pnut/nuts. She said she would pass it on to the QA people. Hope this helps!

After reading the latest post I called Nestle's 1-800 number a couple weeks ago while making Christmas cookies as my package of semi-sweet chips wasn't labeled as containing nuts. They had me look at a product code on the bag. The code had 5 digits, then two letters. The two letters indicate at which plant the chips were manufactured. My letters were 'FN' which is Fulton, New York. The woman on the phone told me that the Fulton plant is a peanut-free facility. My PA daughter hasn't had a reaction to these chips. I wish that Nestle could make all their chips at a peanut-free facility.

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RileysMom,
Where on the bag did you find the product code? I have a bag that I went to check, and didn't find it. Thanks!

Get great chips from Vermont Nut Free! Everyone loves my choc chip cookies!

One of my friend's was a salesperson for Hershey. She told me, with pride, how safe their chocolate was. How it was made seperately.
Nestle's on the other hand is not and does not claim to be. We use no Nestle products in our home and buy big time Hershey! I was even thinking of going on a vacation to Hershey, PA, but hubby is allergic to chocolate [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/frown.gif[/img]
What a family.
Arlene

I too called Nestle re: their chocolate baking chips because it has been what I've always used--and I wanted to see for myself. I was told that all their new packaging reflects more thorough ingredient listing and those produced on shared equipment with nuts, say "may contain traces." I had a bag in the cupboard which did not say that and so I asked how I could know it was the new or old packaging? She said that each bag has a product code on it. On my bag it was near the long edge--near the short end. It is a four digit number followed by three letters. The first two letters identify the plant. If the first two letters (after the four digits) say "FN" it is made in a "nut-free" plant. If the two letters are "BW" it is not a nut free plant. There are other plants, of course, but those are the two major ones. At the grocery I checked it out and sure enough--those bags with the FN did not have the may contain traces warning, and those with the BW did! Seems so complicated. In the process I checked the Ghirardelli chocolates, which I had understood to be peanut free, and they now have a label that says may contain traces. So, I will send a letter to them to check this out. I had thought this was a safe chocolate. I guess you never can be too sure and you should always check ingredient lists because they can change. It sure makes shopping tedious!

I have been calling regarding the same product and have received the same information. I guess what makes me nervous is could they change this and not let us know. Quote:Originally posted by RileysMom:
[b]After reading the latest post I called Nestle's 1-800 number a couple weeks ago while making Christmas cookies as my package of semi-sweet chips wasn't labeled as containing nuts. They had me look at a product code on the bag. The code had 5 digits, then two letters. The two letters indicate at which plant the chips were manufactured. My letters were 'FN' which is Fulton, New York. The woman on the phone told me that the Fulton plant is a peanut-free facility. My PA daughter hasn't had a reaction to these chips. I wish that Nestle could make all their chips at a peanut-free facility.

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