fyi, i emailed necco to ask about the "natural flavors" in their conversation hearts & got the following reply:

"Thank you for contacting New England Confectionery Company with your questions about our Conversation Hearts.

Conversation hearts are manufactured and packaged in a facility where milk products are used in other product lines but are manufactured where milk products are not used. However, small Sweethearts may be packaged on lines where we also package products that may have come in contact with milk products. We do a wet wash on these lines between product runs. Those
products are: 1 & 1/8 ounce boxes , 1/2 ounce packets and a 2# bag that we make for Wal-mart (our product code 30368). One product that we make that would be manufactured and packaged in areas free of milk products is Necco Wafers."

marla


Marla Shapiro, Ph.D.
MSC 5A0622
Regents Center for Learning Disorders
Georgia State University
33 Gilmer Street SE, Unit 5
Atlanta, GA 30303-3085