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Carnation Instant Breakfast I wanted to pass this info along.....I have been informed in the past by Nestle that they list all allergens (even before the new labeling law).  At home I have Carnation Instant Breakfast Ready to Drink which is a Nestle product.  There is nothing on the label indicating gluten.  I recently saw a post on the listserv which stated that this product is not gluten free. I went to their website and looked up the product ingredients and no allergens were listed.  So I emailed them and got the generic response, I emailed again stating that the label does not list barley which they show on the email as an ingredient.  I received the response below.  So I just called them, they informed me that they are in the process of changing the ingredient statement on the website to include barley, and that the new product being produced will also show barley on the label.  The old product will not show it on the label.
I then transferred over to the candy division because I have always bought Nestle candy with the understanding that the allergens would be listed.  I was assured by them that the allergens have always been listed even if the gluten was part of artificial/natural flavorings.  This applies to the candy and the baking products.  This was a relief because I use their products for baking and have always let my son eat the Nestle candy after reading the label and checking for allergens.  They could not explain why the Carnation Instant Breakfast division differed in that area but again assured me that all candy products and baking products have always listed the allergens on the label.
No one could answer my question as to why I've been told in the past that all Nestle products lists their allergens when obviously the divisions are different.  With the new labeling law that will take care of it I suppose but in the meantime since there are still alot of products on the shelf that were produced prior to January 2006, we still need to be careful about the products we buy.




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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 3:44 PM
Subject: Response - CIB Case ID: 13889134


     
              Thank you for contacting Nestlé® Nutrition. Nestlé Nutrition, a division of Nestlé USA, combines the experience of making delicious, well-known foods with the knowledge of essential nutrients for all aspects of nutritional support.

            We are happy to inform you that we are aware of the importance of listing food allergens on our food labels and are in compliance with the new U.S. law (which is called the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act).

            As stated in our previous email response, we can provide you with a list of our CARNATION® INSTANT BREAKFAST® products that will have the barley/gluten claim on the label. In other words, the following products do contain gluten at this time:

            Ready to Drink:
            CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST 0 g Sugar Added Vanilla RTD - contains barley
            CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST Regular Vanilla RTD - contains barley
            CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST 0 g Sugar Added Chocolate RTD - contains barley
            CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST Regular Chocolate RTD - contains barley
            CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST Regular Strawberry RTD - contains barley
            Powder:
            CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST Regular Chocolate Malt Powder - contains wheat flour and malted barley extracts
            CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST 0 g Sugar Added Chocolate Malt Powder - contains wheat flour and malted barley extracts

            This information will appear in the ingredient list section after the ingredient. For example, for the Ready to Drink, it will appear after the artificial and natural flavor section and it will be in parentheses. For the powders, it will appear after the malted milk ingredient.

            The Ready to Drink Product that you have does contain gluten. Barley is not listed as an ingredient because it is contained within the flavorings. Should you have additional questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at 1-800-289-7313, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time. 

            We hope you found http://www.carnationinstantbreakfast.com/ informative and that we were able to answer your nutrition and product questions. We appreciate you making CARNATION( INSTANT BREAKFAST( a part of your morning routine. 

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