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I almost purchased this product the other day: Sha Sha Co organic buckwheat snacks. The photo shows the cocoa & vanilla flavor and the ginger & cinnamon flavor. I’ve been having trouble finding Go Raw chocolate granola, and I was excited to find these clusters, which looked similar. As I scanned the front of the package, I grew more excited when I saw the words “Peanut Free”.
I picked up a bag planning to buy it, but as soon as I read the ingredients, I put it down quickly and filled with disappointment and disapproval. This peanut free product contains almonds. I feel it’s very misleading to put peanut free on this product without also stating “contains tree nuts”. Better yet – Don’t put peanut free on the package at all, since I suspect that no steps are taken by this company to ensure that the almonds used have no traces of peanut. Cross-contamination of peanuts and tree nuts during shelling and packaging is a very big issue, and without batch testing, a person who is only allergic to peanuts but not tree nuts could still have a reaction.
In addition, saying the product is “peanut free” could lull someone allergic to tree nuts into thinking it’s also tree nut free. I checked the ingredients list, but not everyone will. Dear Sha Sha Co, I recommend updating your labels by either removing the words “peanut free” or adding to the front of the package “contains tree nuts”. It’s in your best interest to do so and in the best interest of food allergic consumers.
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