Just in time for Easter, we’ve brought in Divvies 4 oz solid chocolate bunnies to bring some joy to your household. Since they’re made in a gluten free, egg free, dairy free, peanut free and nut free environment, you don’t have to worry about anything except whether to nibble on the ears or the feet first.
Divvies products are at Nonuttin’ for a limited time and in limited amounts so don’t miss out. You can also get jelly beans, gummy stars and Benjamint chocolate bars and plain Bingo chocolate bars to make a delicious Easter basket that’s safe for your family.
Allergen Information:
Divvies does make cookies that include wheat and gluten but they are made and packaged in a completely separate building from the candy that we are offering. The only allergen declaration for all of these items is for soy and all ingredients are posted for each Divvies item that we offer.
Some Divvies jelly beans and gummy stars are fruit flavored (natural and/or artificial flavors) so if you have any fruit allergies, please contact us so we can inform you what flavors are in these products.
If you have any further questions, we’d be happy to answer them at mailto:info@nonuttin.com or toll free at 1-866-714-5411.
Shipping Times – Canada
Order at the latest by 10 am March 24 to ensure the treats arrive before the Easter bunny does using ground shipping. For information about ground and express shipping times, please see our Canadian Shipping Policies at: http://www.nonuttin.ca/help.php?section=shipping#canada
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Shipping Times – United States
Order at the latest by 10 am on March 18 using ground shipping to make sure there are no disappointed facese. Please see our US Shipping Policies for information about US Customs and Express Shipping at: http://www.nonuttin.ca/help.php?section=shipping#usa
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If you’re a subscriber to my enewsletter, you know that I like to showcase other special diet websites and products that I feel could be helpful to our Nonuttin’ clients. One such company that we’ve been getting to know is Nutrition for your Condition. The ladies who began this company know how difficult it is to go anywhere and eat safely so they put together a travel kit that anyone with a special diet could easily take with them to school or on the road or plane.
I asked Crystal Paulitzki, one of the founders, to provide our followers with a bit of information about their company which she has done below. She’s also graciously offered Nonuttin’ clients a discount coupon for use when purchasing any Nutrition for your Condition products. Here’s what Crystal had to say: Read more »
I had a friend who had an anaphylactic reaction to MRI dye last Monday. In for an MRI to determine answers for a health issue, she had never before had an anaphylactic reaction to anything and had no food allergies. Her only previous reaction to anything was a very swollen leg last year after a bee sting.
The scary part to me is what happened when she told the technician she was feeling funny and hit the panic button. To be fair, MRIs and CAT scans are rather tight spaces and more than one patient has been known to have panic attacks so this was how she was initially treated. A doctor was called in who took her vitals which appeared to be fine so she was led through breathing exercises to “calm down”. When she began to have difficulty talking due to a swelling throat and tongue, they then noticed that her back was covered in hives. This is when she asked, “Can’t you give me something to stop this?” Read more »
There are a lot of people in the “free from” foods market that begin their businesses for different reasons. Many, like myself, begin a company due to intensely personal reasons such as an affected family member. Others start because they choose to eat a certain way to feel healthier and want to share that with the world. And others don’t have any of the medical issues involved but perhaps have a product that they would like to market to a particular segment of the free from marketplace such as Nestle’s chocolate bars in Canada being advertised as peanut free.
What I find frustrating are the people who want to market a product as free from a certain ingredient but have no idea what that actually means. Read more »
I find Valentine’s Day stressful with food allergies. In the past, when our allergic child was in elementary school, I found it to be the most stressful day of all. It all came to a head when Megan was in grade 4 and Valentine’s Day became a food buffet of everything she couldn’t eat laid out in front of her. Score in her head? Other kids: 30 treats, Me: 2 Read more »
If you’re like me, there have been times when you wondered whether your child actually had a food allergy or whether they had outgrown the allergy. Both of our children outgrew dairy allergies which we didn’t know until we actually tried milk with them under our doctor’s guidance. Until recently, we thought Megan might have outgrown her kiwi allergy but she wasn’t willing to do an oral challenge. Unfortunately, as you may know from an earlier blog post and the Nonuttin’ News, we found out the hard way in December that kiwi is still very much one of her food allergies.
What if there was a blood test that was far more accurate than anything we have right now (skin or blood) that could give a definitive diagnosis without an oral challenge? Would you feel relieved? Read more »
In last January’s enewsletter, I had mentioned that we had received many requests for products with sunflower seeds. At that time, I asked for feedback on both the pros and cons after which we received several emails for both sides.
After carefully reviewing the feedback and, in many cases, having further discussions with the people who sent in feedback on the con side, it was evident that sunflower seeds would be overwhelmingly well accepted as long as they were were controlled on the pouch line only (trail mixes, baking ingredients, etc.) in the same manner that we currently control the soybeans. Read more »
Oh boy, you’d think that being deprived of peanuts and nuts for approximately 1-14 hours was akin to snatching a bottle out of a baby’s hands. Add in food allergies being referred to as a disability and you’ve got people frothing at the mouth. Read more »
On Friday night our daughter had her first food allergic reaction in 9 years. It was also the first time she self injected and the first time she had a reaction at a friend’s without an adult present. Her big sister also experienced the first time she was present at a reaction that she remembers. And it was the first time I was out and received a frantic phone call about a reaction.
All in all, a lot of firsts that I would rather have done without. While we have learned a lot from the incident including phoning 911 before phoning Mom and that all of the training that we’d done was successful, the fear box has been opened. You know, the one you stuff all of your allergic parent fears into so that you can lead a somewhat normal life? Read more »
My heart is feeling 2 sizes too small these days. I may not be green but I seem to be feeling the same biological issue affecting one of my favorite Dr. Seuss characters. It’s not that I want to steal Christmas but that I’m feeling like I’d rather avoid it altogether.
I’ll be hosting my side of the family which is the first time we’ll all be together in the 7 years since we moved from Alberta to Vancouver Island. The distance was just too great to drive over the wintery Rocky Mountains for 15 hours to my sister’s house and 17 hours to my parents’ house and too costly to afford airfare along with everything else that comes with Christmas. But this year we all decided to make sure we could get together since my eldest nephew will be out of high school this year and most likely moving on to other things. It was time to bite the bullet and be in the same place.
Add to our family of 10 the French exchange student that we’ll have for Christmas (don’t ask, it seemed like a good idea at the time) and we’ll have 11 people in the house for a week, 5 of them teenagers.
I’m now working on Christmas presents for the family and the French student along with planning meals and baking, all a bunch of things I haven’t had to worry about for years. So I’m starting to feel the Grinch as I worry about what food is coming to our house and planning dairy free meals for our French student along with all of the allergy issues we always deal with.
I’m sure it will work out just fine but I forgot how stressful it can be, right at the time when society’s expectation is that we’re joyful. Guess it’s time to get rid of the Grinch and channel my inner Who.
