Alex takes issue with Hotel Chocolat – but suggests some great alternatives

03/12/2017 // by Michelle Berridale Johnson// 1 Comment

Alex is not happy with Hotel Chocolat – or, indeed, with FreeFrom Heaven magazine….

FreeFrom Heaven are running a competition to win this Hotel Chocolat ‘no gluten recipe’ gift box. No what?….

As Alex points out, the competition invites you to ‘indulge your sweet tooth this Christmas with a luxurious hamper filled with gluten-free* chocolates’ adding, in the asterix-ed footnote:
‘Please note that this hamper is not safe for coeliacs as the products come with a may-contain warning’. You can sort of see why he might not be happy….

If you want to know all the reasons why he is not happy – and possibly even more useful – if you want to know about 10 chocolate brands selling Christmas chocolates that are genuinely ‘freefrom’, check in to his recent blog on Allergy Insight.

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03/12/2017 at 21:15

I saw this on Twitter and it really enraged me. How many people will potentially buy this by mistake for a friend thinking they are being really thoughtful and it will be completely unsuitable. It should be illegal. It’s fraud. Selling something as gluten free when it contains gluten… Grrrrrr

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