To Be Really Angry at the Butterkist Company & Want to Complain & by E-mail

[RockinHippy]

Not some poxy PO.Box address as written on the packet

I have very ill DD, who has spent the last 3 hours either doubled up with stomach pain or pebble dashing the toilet :(

Worse still its as the result of a cheer up treat I bought as she has a fractured elbow, cast shoulder to fingers & is fed up :(
Very bad as she's at an age where she is easily embarrassed & is now trying to sort herself out in the toilet with raging diarrhoea & her main arm in plaster :(

I bought her the Cinema Sweet Microwave popcorn, because the shop didn't have her favourited salted version & I know she likes this too. I know that the non microwave bags are fine as they don't contain any artificial sweeteners, I also know that the toffee popcorn version is fine too. I'm pretty sure the sweet microwave version USED to be fine. Its not anymore, but contains an artificial sweetener that lists abdominal problems as a side effect, one that DD is very sensitive to, one that along with other sweeteners, diabetic products carry a warning not to eat too much of fir precisely this reason, yet none diabetic, non sugar free stuff sneaks these sweetener in without any warning or clear labelling that they are there at all

I feel like crap excuse the pun because I trusted a brand we knew & didn't read the small print on a day I was suffering with migraine eyes & probably couldn't have read the tiny print if I had tried.

AIBU to be upset & fuming & ask if anyone has a direct email address for this company :)

I wouldn't give DD or for that matter myself anything with ANY artificial sweeteners trills because I know how bad they all are, sucralose has other names that I would have recognised, just not seen it referred to as that before, but I already know that it can cause stomach upset, I didn't know however that its far worse than Aspatame & Sacharin, which by how ill DD was, I now know it is.

I've just read the new legislation in the link above & disappointed that sweeteners are not included in that, along with several other known allergens or substances that can cause an intolerant reaction, such as benzoate preservatives or azo dyes, so it appears theres still a long way to go:(

We won't get caught out again after this either honey, but as they are now adding sweeteners left right & centre, I do think the labelling needs to be clearer - I think sucralose is very naughty name wise anyway, too easy to mix up with sucrose, especially for a frazzled DM, in a rush to get finished & juggling shopping with toddlers

Packaging is so manipulative though isn't it. I tried some new fruity snack things (a bit like fruit flakes - I was under no impression they were 'healthy' as things like that never are, just wanted to try them) and it said on the front "sweetened with real fruit juice!"... yes, that's true, but on the ingredients there were ALSO two artificial sweeteners listed. So while they weren't quite lying, it was still very sneaky to make it seem all natural.