Avoiding Milk Blog

Look what I found at our local grocery store ShaSha Maple Snaps. Read more about them on ShaSha's blog Shasha Co.’s Maple Snaps!

They are made with Real Canadian Maple Syrup. Manufactured in a peanut-free and dairy-free facility, these cookies are ideal for children to take to school for an afternoon snack. I would have liked to see a "dairy free" symbol along with the nut and peanut free symbol on the packaging.

In 2011 we had the opportunity to go to the ShaSha factory and take a tour read about it here.

When we visited we learned ShaSha factory was actually two buildings, one completely nut free, the other building made products with tree nuts. The snap cookies continue to be made in a peanut and tree nut free facility.

Some of their products are made with ancient grains that some wheat allergic people can tolerate, but celiac people can not. The products are marked wheat free or gluten free or nut free be aware of what YOU react to.

Allergen friendly chocolate chips, for holiday and other baking projects:

USA Made Good Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
Canada Made Good Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips Delicious, organic chocolate without nuts, dairy or soy is hard to find, but now you can stop looking! They’re made in a dedicated facility free from all the common allergens, and are a great choice for vegan chocolate and a gluten-free diet! Available in Chips and Chunks.


Pasha Chocolate Chips

Peanut and Nut Free, Gluten and Wheat Free, Dairy and Egg Free and Soy Free


Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips

Mega Chunks, Dark Chocolate Morsels & Mini Chips
Our tasty products are free-from the “top eight” allergens: wheat/gluten, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish and shellfish. Products are also made without casein, potato, sesame and sulfites.


Divvies Chocolate Chips

Divvies semi-sweet chocolate chips are perfect for baking and snacking. Peanut Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free Egg Free


Amada's Own Chocolate Chips

Try our delicious dairy-free, tree nut-free, peanut-free, egg-free & gluten-free mini chips today!


Sweet William Chocolate Chips(AU)

Dairy Free, Nut Free and Gluten Free.

More Allergen Free Baking Information:


List Dairy Free Chocolates

List Allergen Free Candies

List of Dairy Free Chocolates

Allergen Dangers While Baking
Cutting Boards Made or Treated with Nuts

Rolling Pins Coated With Nut Oils

Baking Papers That Contain Soy

For around the last ten years, Canadian grocery stores and big box stores often had back to school nut free snack items clustered together, in the seasonal section. These displays went up typically in late August, in time for back to school shopping. In the past all the snack items under back to school sale were "nut free". I am seeing a trend this year to see under a sign reading things like "school snacks" things like granola bars that contain nuts, normally I would also only see these same nut granola ars in the general granola bar section only. In the past I used to see more displays reading "Nut Free School Snacks", with nut free school sized snacks in the displays at the grocery stores.

Again around ten years ago we saw a large number of NEW snack sized nut free products that typically released to grocery stores in late August, this has slowed down considerably. I suspect the need for nut free snacks has been meet, so the need is less, for new nut free products.

On the positive side, I see more products that clearly list they are nut and gluten free or nut and dairy free and many other combinations for people with multiple food allergies.

Long List of Nut Free Products and Manufacturers

Sweet Avenue Bakeshop in Rutherford, New Jersey

Sweet Avenue Bake Shop, a vegan bakery specializing in completely dairy-free and egg-free cupcakes, cookies, cakes, and other baked goods will be transitioning to a 100% nut-free menu starting on October 1st, 2016. This is in addition to the large menu of wheat-free/gluten-free and soy-free items currently on offer daily at Sweet Avenue's Rutherford, NJ location.

This change places Sweet Avenue Bake Shop in the unique position of being able to offer baked goods that are 100% free from all of the Top 8 Allergens, as defined by www.foodallergy.org: Peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish, and shellfish.

Danielle Vance, founder of Sweet Avenue Bake Shop, said, "While we have offered dairy-free and egg-free treats since our inception in 2007, we have also slowly and steadily built up our offerings to become even more inclusive to those in our community who suffer from various other allergies. That is why we began offering gluten-free and soy-free options in 2009, and that is why we are pledging to be 100% peanut and tree nut-free starting October 1st, 2016." Danielle added, "I started Sweet Avenue to offer delicious desserts to those who were unable to get them elsewhere, and this is a continuation of that same commitment."

ABOUT SWEET AVENUE BAKE SHOP: Sweet Avenue Bake Shop is a vegan bakery founded in 2007 and based in Rutherford, NJ. Sweet Avenue rose to fame for their focus on innovative and delicious cupcake offerings, but are also a full service bakery offering cake truffles, cookies, crumb cake, brownies, and custom cakes for all occasions. Sweet Avenue Bake Shop was voted Best Bakery by (201) Magazine, NJ’s Best Cupcake Shop by CBS New York, and Best Cupcakes by New Jersey Family.

Visit SweetAvenue Bakeshop on Facebook and Twitter
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List of Nut Free Bakeshops

List of Dairy Free Bakeshops

No No's have been Launched! From Premiumc Chocolatiers


Delicious Vegan Colored Chocolate candies made of our famous Milkless chocolate. Net Wt. 3 oz. All Natural. Milk Free, Peanut Tree Nut Free, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Vegan.

All dairy free, nut free, and gluten free chocolates to indulge chocolate lovers of all types. These are suitable for those with milk allergy, peanut/ tree nut allergy, and egg and gluten allergy and sensitivities. Vegetarians, Vegans, and Lactose Intolerant as well as Kosher Pareve consumers and food allergy sufferers can now enjoy quality milk like, though dairy free chocolate! They create the milk free and nut free chocolates using their signature blend of roasted cocoa beans and cocoa butter- no shortenings, or coatings. Each piece of their lactose free hand crafted vegan chocolate receives the utmost in care making it so special.

More Allergy Friendly Products
List of Dairy Free Chocolates
List Allergy Safe Candies

M&M style chocolates that are milk nut gluten and egg free. ">Premium Chocolatiers! are trying to get enough funding for this new product.

Creating No No's- Another milestone of the No Child Left Behind Campaign

After years of creating milk like - though dairy free free chocolates suitable for those with Food Allergies, Vegans and many other specialty markets - www.premiumchocolatiers.com have gotten used to hearing "When will you make M & M's (TM)?" Whether you are Vegan, or have food allergies, or just looking for great tasting All Natural products, this is the #1 item you have requested by far. This should finally put the issue to rest in a yummy way! No No's are All Natural - No more fears of Red 40, and Yellow 5 in you candy! There is no Milk, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Gluten or Eggs. They are small chocolate candies with a mini vegan marshmallow inside (replaces the peanut). Of course we use our famous signature Milkless chocolate coating so you can't tell the difference by look and taste. And they are sooo yummy...Visit our Kickstarter campaign below to find out more details - and remember for this campaign to be successful we need to get fully funded - otherwise Kickstarter give us nothing. And the incentives are great. See the campaign please for more information. We really appreciate anything and everything. Make sure you don't miss out on our inaugural run.

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From Premium Chocolatiers

You asked for it. We listened! Just in time for the Fall Season - Announcing the launch of our newest Milk Free, Nut Free, Gluten Free product - The Polar Dream White Chocolate Bar.This completes the bar series. We have added quite a few other items as well for your Fall and Holiday enjoyment.

Hanuka Treats

Christmas Treats

Chocolate Blog
Premium Chocolatiers Blog
Premium Chocolatiers (Dairy, Nut, Gluten, Egg Free Chocolates) Vegetarians, Lactose Intolerant, Food allergy sufferers, as well as Kosher Pareve consumers can now get quality milk like, though dairy free chocolates! Premium Chocolatiers supplies the finest gourmet truffles and chocolates to people with milk, nut, gluten or egg sensitivities.

Every mid August and into early September, more nut free products are promoted in Canada, under back to school sales. These products are marketed as back to school items, not marketed for the nut allergic, though the nut allergic are consumers of these products, it is the parents sending their students to nut free schools in Canada, that make up the vast percentage of sales.

Many nut free Americans seek to order on line nut free products from Canada, most on line allergy grocers also have nut free items as well.

What difference does this make you may ask? In Canada nut free "only" dominates the market by far, not only due to the number of nut allergic families, but the number of nut free schools. (that I support) I am all for nut free products, as well as other "free from" foods.

If Presidents Choice truly wanted to be allergy friendly they would never have made rice milk on the same line as cows milk, while simultaneously expanding their nut free factories. Granted this was sometime ago and I am not aware if this is still the case.

A few years ago President's Choice made Fire Logs Made from Tree Nuts, this is not nut allergic aware, the product is no longer being sold. UPDATE President's Choice released another set of Fire Logs That Contain Nuts Shells.

How strange that a company that makes nut free products, also makes non food items made from nuts. Their are other companies that make firelogs made from treenuts. I don't know of any other companies that make both nut free products. and fire place logs from nut shells.

The newest non food item made from nuts made by President's Choice:

PC Baby Wipes PC Sensitive Baby Wipes
"Ingredients Water, glycerine, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, tocopheryl acetate, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, polysorbate 80, sorbitan oleate, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citric acid."
Thanks The Allergy Mom for telling us about this on your Facebook Page

I support Nut Free Products, nut free schools, as well as products that are free from multiple food allergens. Can the nut allergic feel good about a company that makes nut free back to school products, that are not so aware of other allergens, and also makes non food items made from nuts? See also my Chemurgy and Allergens Blog for more non food items made from allergens.

From Fancypants Baking Co.

Kick off the school year with 100% natural, hand-crafted nut free cookies! August Best Seller! School Yard Cookies Baked from scratch and decorated by hand, these apples, buses and chalk board cookies will be a hit. Made with 100% natural food dyes & ingredients. Packaged in gift box and tied with grosgrain ribbon.

Shop our entire Fall Collection New for 2012 Crunch! Cookie Collection bite.crunch.repeat.

For years, you have asked us for more flavors of cookies. We answered!

Cookie classics in 5 delicious flavors - each one is baked to a light, crunchy texture, and finished with a dash of salt - each cookie is an addictive cookie experience!

And at only 5ドル.99 per dozen, and 50 calories per cookie, Crunch! cookies are an affordable indulgence in more ways than one.

Shop All 5 Classic Flavors

Fancypants Baking Co. uses 100% natural ingredients and has been peanut and tree nut free since 2004. The company is family owned and operated. Thank you for supporting a small business!

News From Vermont Nut Free

New Product Announcement!

Introducing our newest product:

Trail Mix!

Crafted to be the perfect combination of flavors, our Nut Free Trail Mix is made with Sunflower Seeds, Roasted Soybeans, Dark Skippers, Dried Cranberries, Raisins and Pretzels.

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From now until July 15, 2012 save 10% on your entire order by typing the code SUMMER into the keycode box in your shopping cart. Discount applies to retail mail-order customers only. Excludes wholesale orders and shipping. Coupon can be used multiple times and can be shared with friends and family!

Offer Expires: July 15, 2012

In time for July 4 From Sweet Alexis

It's our "Patriotic Cookie" - each hand made, sold by the dozen and decorated in red, white and blue. Made with our famous shortbread cookies and dairy free buttery cream frosting! These cookies are delicious and perfect for your 4th of July celebration.

The Sweet Alexis Bakery and all of our products are not only dairy free, egg free, tree nut and peanut free, but we NEVER add preservatives or fillers.

100% Dairy Free *Egg Free *Tree Nut Free *Peanut Free

News From Premium Chocolatiers



Mothers Day is just around the corner.... Special deals from Premium Chocolatiers


Milk Free, Nut Free, Gluten Free, Egg Free

Save 15% When you use coupon code mothers before 5/2/12 at checkout in the promo code box. Don't forget to review the products through our site. Doing this will generate a coupon code worth 10% off.

Offer Expires: 05/02/2012

News From Enjoy Life Foods
What are PlentilsTM?

PlentilsTM are Crunchy Lentil Chips, our newest product (and first salty snack ever from Enjoy Life Foods!) They are available in four fantastic flavors and are gluten-free and free of the 8 common allergens, just like the rest of our products. For more information about this product, please visit www.plentils.com

We are excited to announce that PlentilsTM are now available to purchase online!

While not yet available in retail stores (they should start arriving in the next few months), you can purchase these by visiting http://plentils.elsstore.com.

If you would like to buy other great Enjoy Life Foods products at the same time, please visit http://enjoylifefoods.elsstore.com.

Enjoy!

All Enjoy Life foods are specially made to be free of the eight most common allergens. That means they contain NO wheat/gluten, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish or shellfish.

News from Ange-Gardien Known as (Guardian Angel Foods)

Ange-Gardien is a Canadian company that produces desserts and snacks made specifically for those who suffer from food allergies. Nut Free, Dairy Free and Nut Free.



Available soon!


Our brand new muffin bars



Visit Ange-Gardien online store to see our amazing new treats for Valentine's Day!

From Guardian Angel Foods

Our Christmas yule logs are available!
What is the greatest way to celebrate Christmas ? Our delicious Christmas yule logs! Every year, it is one of the biggest hits of Guardian Angel Foods! We have two delicious flavours: chocolate and maple.

They are both available in Metro (Quebec), IGA (Quebec) and our usual retail sales outlets. The chocolate yule log is also available in Metro (Ontario).

Guardian Angel Foods produces allergy-friendly cakes, cookies, muffins and bread without peanuts, nuts, dairy, sesame or eggs.

Nafta Foods Nut free cookie and cookie craft kits, contains other allergens.


Creat a Treat Christmas Variety of gingerbread houses and other Christmas treats all peanut and tree nut free.


A and J Bakery Gingerbread House Allergen Friendly House Kit: It is peanut, tree nut, wheat, gluten, soy, egg, dairy, and sesame free. The are all made in a dedicated nut and gluten free facility. (There is a pea protein present in the gingerbread house and there are some dirty food dyes in some of the candy.)


Gingerbread Cookie Kit


Allergy Friendly Candy

Guest post from Chris Popek at Clean Out the Pantry

I never imagined spending our holidays in Toronto, but with a peanut allergy we are enjoying our new found freedom.

Thanks to our friend at Avoiding Milk Protein, we have traversed the city in search of peanut free confections! (see Avoiding Milk Protein's List Nut Free Bakeshops) Last summer we tried to find Loostsalicious, the peanut free ice cream parlor. To our dismay it was closed, however we hopped back in our minivan to visit Richman’s Bakery. We overindulged on cookies, cakes, breads, muffins, cupcakes, donuts- did I miss anything?

This summer we had the pleasure of overindulging in The Cupcake Shoppe’s delicious cupcakes. The kids’ favorite was the gumball topped cupcake! Mine was the chocolate chip cookie dough flavored cake with matching frosting!

In addition to cupcakes we purchased chocolate confections at Lollicakes, an adorable little shop in a section of Toronto called Davisville. When we return for chocolates, I will most certainly build in time to shop around this great neighborhood!

But beyond sweet treats we have found some great restaurants and attractions. Most recently we dined at Live and Breathe, aka L.A.B. an up and coming Toronto gastronomic hit! The chef/owner and staff are very friendly, preparing fresh, seasonal, “molecular gastronomy” to excite the taste buds! They provided us with an exceptional meal and were extremely accommodating of our allergy.

Pizzaria Rustica is another allergy friendly establishment, with 2 locations near the Rogers Center. Their pesto is void of nuts and they have gluten free options available.

I also subscribe to “Toronto for Kids,” a great weekly enewsletter highlghting weekly family events in Toronto.

We have had some great adventures in Toronto! It is about what we CAN do!
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Read more about Chris and her nut free dinning in Toronto and beyond.

News From Fancypants Bakery

Three Big Changes

Improved Packaging
Our new bag is safer for customers, easier for staff to seal, shows our new logo, and contains a nutritional information panel. We love it!

100% Natural
We eliminated artificial food colorings and replaced them with natural vegetable dyes. Much better! Delicious cookies made with pure, simple ingredients.

Allergen Information
We've operated a dedicated nut free facility since 2004; that means no nuts of any kind enter our production space. Now our signature decorated cookies are dairy free, too, making them safe for people who can not eat products that contain dairy.

From Vermont Nut Free

Hope everyone is enjoying the hot summer weather. It's hard to believe that it's almost time to go back to school.

Shipping chocolate during warmer weather is always a challenge but did you know we have many items that can ship without the container & gel pack and upgraded shipping? Check out the selection below for items that won't melt during warm weather shipping.

To make it even more affordable for you, we are offering a special discount code that you can use on your entire order that will save you 10%. Just enter the code SUMMER in the keycode box at the top of your shopping cart. This promotion runs now through Sunday July 31st.

News from Wholesome Chow

Egg, dairy, gluten peanut and nut free baking mixes

Wholesome Chow has lowered their online pricing, also available over 30 retail locations.

4ドル.50 Single Package online pricing

24ドル 6-Packs

10ドル Flat Rate Shipping on all US Orders Over 50ドル!


Shop Online at www.WholesomeChow.com