Been eating Walkers crisps for the past 10 years
Hi everyone
I know this sounds ridiculously stupid so would really appreciate not getting the "you shouldnt have done it" replies. I already know this and I cant do anything to change it.
I should start by saying Im otherwise incredibly strict with cross contamination. But...
When I was first diagnosed in 2016, I stopped eating Walkers crisps but then I read somewhere that Walkers crisps only contain the warning as they're produced in the same factory that handles gluten and that this was effectively a legal requirement but the production lines are separate. Because of this I have been eating Walkers crisps for the past 10 years.
It seems the label at some point has changed to 'may contain..' but I didnt realise.
Does anyone have any helpful advice/information on this?
Edit: Just a got a reply from Walkers.
"Although we have robust controls in place to minimise the risk of allergen cross-contamination, products can only be labelled as "gluten-free" when they have been verified to contain no more than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten."
"To help consumers make informed choices, we include "made in a factory which also handles..." statements on our packaging. These statements highlight both the allergens intentionally present in the product and any potential low risk of cross-contamination during manufacturing."
Seems like this the issue is not being able to continually verify the gluten-free label. A bit like the "we cannot 100% guarantee warning" that the restaurants have to give us.
I will avoid "may contain" going forward in any case.
Thanks