Comments on: Goldfish, Allergies and Reading Labels

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:41:33 +0000

I would like to thank lauie for that info i have bad headaches from msg, did not know that autolyzed yeast was aka msg,that would explane when i eat them i get headaches, thank you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:06:17 +0000

I am outraged! I just spent hours of fruitless searching online to find a gluten free version of the beloved Goldfish for my 2 1/2 year old son. Now that he is in nursery school, all his friends are bringing them and that is all he wants. The true outrage is that when I went to the Pepperidge Farm website, I discovered that the company was actually founded by a woman who was trying to bake healthy, wholesome food for her son who had such extreme allergies. I proceeded to send a letter to PF pointing out the irony and my disappointment with the direction of the company. It would serve them better, I pointed out as it is their 75th anniversary, to go back to their roots and look at providing healthy snacks for all kids-especially those with allergies!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:51:28 +0000

My son also has a sensitivity to dyes, preservatives, additives, etc. Original Goldfish has been an easy go-to snack. But today I noticed that the package says, "Now! Tastes even Better!" and I was suspicious about HOW they had accomplished that. By adding autolyzed yeast, aka MSG, apparently. Ugh. It just makes me sick--especially in light of your story at the beginning about the founder of Pepperidge Farm. I am going to contact Pepperidge Farm about how disappointed I am.

(BTW, I found this blog post because I was searching for the list of ingredients in original goldfish, because I was sure autolyzed yeast hadn't been in there before!)

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:03:03 +0000

Reading ingredient labels is one of the benefits of having allergic kids!!! If you start reading the labels, you can get pretty grossed out pretty quickly and start eating much healthier! I for one am not surprised at the jump in immune system related sicknesses in the US or the jump in allergies.

By: Lisa Fielding

Lisa Fielding — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:10:10 +0000

This was really helpful Kirsten. We only buy the plain anyway but now I have extra ammunition to tell my kids why!

By: Benbarton1

Benbarton1 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:46:01 +0000

I really, really liked this post, especially the historical stuff on Pepperidge Farms. The industrial food stuff is so creepy and they just keep adding more and more artificial and chemical ingredients. Love the blog overall, BTW.

By: Our Family Is His

Our Family Is His — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:03:32 +0000

Sigh, labels. We now shop almost labeless. That means we shop the outside of the store, get our meat from a local farmer that has grass fed/finished meats, buy organic milk (yeah, it has a label), and only go to the inside of the store for a very small handful of items. I am tired of being tricked with items that CLAIM to be one thing and you find out that your child reacts (so they lie somewhere or hide it). Funny, my son won't eat a cookie very often, but give him a bowl full of cut up fruit and he's all over it. I am good with that, and it's gluten, casein, soy, corn, and oil free.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:46:38 +0000

I have always wondered what the original goldfish recipe was. Thank you for sharing!

Our 3rd child, now 18 months old, was allergic to pretty much everything until we started treating her allergies with acupressure. She can now eat anything, even goldfish!! For a few months we were told she had celiac disease, but it turns out it was just food allergies and severe eczema. Her eczema and food allergies are gone now b/c of the acupressure.

I would highly recommend looking into acupressure for food allergies. It has been a huge miracle for us and has changed our lives. I tell everyone about it:)