DD1 made a fair few people in the shop queue today giggle. she is a tad irritated, I am <<sniggering>>>, who is the unreasonable one...........

[psychomum5]

went to the shop up the road.

we needed milk, plus I needed some wine, and the girls managed to con me into buying them chocolate.

while stood at the till, I spotted the mahoosive pile of easter eggs, and so (not sure why really as it is a painful excersise) browsed them to see if any were milk free.

imagine my joy however to discover that the 'after eights' easter egg packaging now proclaims "may contain traces of milk protein" (ie, I can actually have an easter egg that is not 'allergy free', and therefore an utter rip-off!).

I spoke of my joy to the girls. my words were "ooooh, packaging has changed, I can have an egg for easter"

DD1 said................"oh, are you allergic to cardboard then??"

also at "plus i needed some wine"......

fab day

followed by another call from my aunt

made for a bad evening.

hence the 'needed some wine'....

So this is okay because it only might kill you? Or is it not the protein in milk that you are allergic to?

tis the milk protien I am allergic too.

and other things......

milk protien and apples are the two things however that have sent me into allergic shock.

but hey, I can eat cardboard......

So why can you eat something that 'may' contain traces of milk protein?

I don't get it.

Not that I'm trying to stop you eating chocolate, you understand, I just don't want another 'arsewipes, I'm gonna die' thread!

well.......

people allergic to nuts can eat stuff saying 'may contain', as it seems that many companies now seem to think that they need to announce the 'may contain' regardless of allergy content (covers their arse basically).

after eights ages ago used to be milk-free. I know this as when DD2 was tiny, it was the one type of chocolate recommended for allergic children.

then they changed the recipe

and I sobbed long and hard

then complained.......(as did many allergic people I think).

and sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

they have changed thigs again, but now have to (by law), state that they 'may contain'.

hence my joy

and DD1's comment.......

I suppose it means that it is not supposed to contain milk protein but they cannot be 100% sure but the odds are in Psychomum5's favour?

Maybe the carboard tastes of wht is pictured on it?

crossposted

the cardboard is green, am not normally a fan of green food

I'd email the company, tbh, and check. You do have quite a severe allergy, IIRC.

Umm, green jelly babies?

The slice of lime that has been sitting in a gin and tonic?

edam, after the major reaction last week, and rush to hospital, yes, I do appear to have a major allergy.

the company last year did say that they were going to change their recipe back, as they did use to be milk-free, then put butter fat in, so we were unsure.

butterfat is still on the ingredients list tho, so I am not completely convinced, but it says 'may', and I so wanna have something new to eat.......

I asssumed there was a picture of the yummy chocs on the pacage! How desapointing!

Found this list of ingredients on Ocado:

Sugar, dark chocolate [sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, butterfat, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavouring], glucose syrup, peppermint oil, citric acid, invertase.

Sorry...

guess it means a NO then.

ho hum............

thankyou for looking tho edam

no problem you just sparked my curiosity.

so which bit in that list is it that kills you?

butterfat.

I think.

cocoa butter is fine, as it is not actually butter, just a buttery consistancy (same as peanut butter is not made from butter, just is of a buttery consistancy).

butterfat tho is supposed to be the fat skimmed of real deal butter, ie, butter made from ilk, which is what could kill me.

altho, DD1 is now also convinced that cardboard could also kill me........