 | |  | |  | |  | |  |
Ingredient Choice and Allergens:
The Best Taste on Earth and high quality are and have always been our top goals. Please click here to see our
TruNatural list of ingredients that we will allow and will not allow in our products. Please read and click on the
links below to see the ingredients of each item we make. Regarding allergens, I will say that from the beginning
we were surprised to discover not only how many people are concerned about individual ingredients, but how
many people have allergies and food sensitivities. We did not consider allergens or ingredients that people
might be sensitive to when we formulated Yummy Earth organic candy, but we have tried to change our
ingredients to accommodate as many as we can as long as it does not compromise YummyEarth's wonderful
taste, flavor and mouth feel. It continues to be a truly difficult balancing act and we greatly appreciate your
feedback!!! In the summer of 2011 I was diagnosed as a Celiac and for the first time in my life I have an allergy.
I have always loved making YummyEarth for people with allergies and always enjoyed the challenge of changing
ingredients to suit their needs, but I never actually wanted to become a "person with an allergy"!!! Well, I had no
choice, so I now join you and understand your/our challenge like I never have before.
Ingredient Quality and Lab Testing:
We care deeply about the quality, flavor, and consistency of all YummyEarth products. We purchase ingredients
from the most trusted sources in the world. We invite independent 3rd party quality auditors into our facilities to
perform surprise quality and safety inspections, and we submit our products to independent food testing labs for
quality, contaminants and irregularities regularly, including for vitamin content, lead, arsenic, and nutrient
content, for example.
We are proud of our superior record of safety and quality as repeatedly demonstrated by audit and lab results
and are proud that no lab test has ever shown any unacceptable level of lead, arsenic, or any contaminant in any
YummyEarth product. We are aware that from time to time certain ingredients gain media attention for being
more healthy or less healthy, but we remain vigilant and consistent and will always continue these quality
assurance testing practices to be certain of the quality that goes into YummyEarth products before we offer them
for sale to you no matter what ingredients we use and no matter what ingredient may catch headlines in the
media for a few days as happens from time to time.
As always, we are here for your questions and hope you enjoy YummyEarth products as much as we do.
The Best Taste on Earth and high quality are and have always been our top goals. Please click here to see our
TruNatural list of ingredients that we will allow and will not allow in our products. Please read and click on the
links below to see the ingredients of each item we make. Regarding allergens, I will say that from the beginning
we were surprised to discover not only how many people are concerned about individual ingredients, but how
many people have allergies and food sensitivities. We did not consider allergens or ingredients that people
might be sensitive to when we formulated Yummy Earth organic candy, but we have tried to change our
ingredients to accommodate as many as we can as long as it does not compromise YummyEarth's wonderful
taste, flavor and mouth feel. It continues to be a truly difficult balancing act and we greatly appreciate your
feedback!!! In the summer of 2011 I was diagnosed as a Celiac and for the first time in my life I have an allergy.
I have always loved making YummyEarth for people with allergies and always enjoyed the challenge of changing
ingredients to suit their needs, but I never actually wanted to become a "person with an allergy"!!! Well, I had no
choice, so I now join you and understand your/our challenge like I never have before.
Ingredient Quality and Lab Testing:
We care deeply about the quality, flavor, and consistency of all YummyEarth products. We purchase ingredients
from the most trusted sources in the world. We invite independent 3rd party quality auditors into our facilities to
perform surprise quality and safety inspections, and we submit our products to independent food testing labs for
quality, contaminants and irregularities regularly, including for vitamin content, lead, arsenic, and nutrient
content, for example.
We are proud of our superior record of safety and quality as repeatedly demonstrated by audit and lab results
and are proud that no lab test has ever shown any unacceptable level of lead, arsenic, or any contaminant in any
YummyEarth product. We are aware that from time to time certain ingredients gain media attention for being
more healthy or less healthy, but we remain vigilant and consistent and will always continue these quality
assurance testing practices to be certain of the quality that goes into YummyEarth products before we offer them
for sale to you no matter what ingredients we use and no matter what ingredient may catch headlines in the
media for a few days as happens from time to time.
As always, we are here for your questions and hope you enjoy YummyEarth products as much as we do.
Allergen Info:
1:Are any of the major allergens, including peanuts or tree nuts, used in your product? No, plus our
plant does not produce anything with tree-nuts or peanuts.
2: Cross Contamination? Our facilities are free of peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, dairy, wheat, soy, sesame,
shellfish, and eggs. The equipment is thoroughly washed before making YummyEarth organic candy, but
the equipment is not cleaned between flavors, so please know there is a risk that a trace amount of berry
juice from one flavor may touch another flavor during production.
3: Sulfites in our Organic Tapioca Syrup? There are no sulfites added to the tapioca syrup. We stopped
using Tapioca Syrup in 2009 because of concern over elevated cyanide levels.
4: Questions about Safflower Oil or Citrus Oils?
Razzmatazz Berry - No Safflower, No Orange, No Lemon
Wet-Face Watermelon - Safflower Yes, No Orange, No Lemon
Cheeky Lemon - No Safflower, No Orange, Lemon Yes
Orange Squeeze - No Safflower, Orange Yes, No Lemon
Pomegranate Pucker - No Safflower, Orange Yes, Lemon Yes
5: Questions about colors: YummyEarth is colored naturally with fruits, vegetables and roots (NO FOOD
DYE #4 or #5 or Blue Lake...).
6: High Fructose Corn Syrup?
We do not use high fructose corn syrup in any product. The most frustrating thing about high fructose corn
syrup, in our never humble opinion, is that it insidiously appears in foods we do not expect to see sugar in,
such as bread, ketchup, salad dressings, yogurt, etc...which causes the body to crave ever more sweet
things in foods you do not expect to be "sweetened". We do, however, expect our candy to be sweetened
and we share our candy with our families in moderation and know that it has sugar in it.
7: Allergens:
All our products are peanut free, tree nut free, sesame free, shellfish free, egg free, dairy free, and gluten
free.
8: Feingold Stage Per Flavor:
Cheeky Lemon - Feingold Stage 1
All other flavors - Feingold Stage 2
9: Natural Flavors:
Have a question about our Natural Flavors in our organic candy?
Please see below to understand how we approach the subject:
YummyEarth flavors in our organic candy are Organic Compliant Natural Flavors and conform to the
regulations of both the FDA and the USDA’s National Organic Plan (NOP). All of the flavor components are
derived naturally from fruit and root extracts and the solvents used as carriers are actually natural, such as
glycerine derived from vegetables or safflower oil. These YummyEarth natural flavors do not contain MSG
or other junk that we would not be proud to put in our family’s mouths.
Examples:
Natural Flavor for Cheeky Lemon – From the skins of lemons, either cold pressed or distilled, then folded
(heated to drive off some of the water) to make them more concentrated.
Natural Flavor for Roadside Root Beer – From Oil of Wintergreen in a solvent system of Safflower Oil
10. Organic Wheat Grass:
YummyEarth used organic wheat grass because it was a great gluten and wheat free way to achieve the
color green, (we first tested the wheat grass at the University of Nebraska for gluten), but it caused too
much confusion so we stopped using this ingredient in 2008.
11. Arsenic, Lead, Lab Testing, Quality Audits:
We care deeply about the quality, flavor, and consistency of all YummyEarth products. We purchase
ingredients from the most trusted sources in the world. We invite independent 3rd party quality auditors
into our facilities to perform surprise quality and safety inspections, and we submit our products to
independent food testing labs for quality, contaminants and irregularities regularly, including
for vitamin content, lead, arsenic, and nutrient content, for example.
We are proud of our superior record of safety and quality as repeatedly demonstrated by audit and lab
results and are proud that no lab test has ever shown any unacceptable level of lead, arsenic, or any
contaminant in any YummyEarth product. We are aware that from time to time certain ingredients gain
media attention for being more healthy or less healthy, but we remain vigilant and consistent and will
always continue these quality assurance testing practices to be certain of the quality that goes into
YummyEarth products before we offer them for sale to you no matter what ingredients we use and no
matter what ingredient may catch headlines in the media for a few days as happens from time to time.
As always, we are here for your questions and hope you enjoy YummyEarth products as much as we do.
We will add more as question arise. Thank you.
rob wunder, co-founder
1:Are any of the major allergens, including peanuts or tree nuts, used in your product? No, plus our
plant does not produce anything with tree-nuts or peanuts.
2: Cross Contamination? Our facilities are free of peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, dairy, wheat, soy, sesame,
shellfish, and eggs. The equipment is thoroughly washed before making YummyEarth organic candy, but
the equipment is not cleaned between flavors, so please know there is a risk that a trace amount of berry
juice from one flavor may touch another flavor during production.
3: Sulfites in our Organic Tapioca Syrup? There are no sulfites added to the tapioca syrup. We stopped
using Tapioca Syrup in 2009 because of concern over elevated cyanide levels.
4: Questions about Safflower Oil or Citrus Oils?
Razzmatazz Berry - No Safflower, No Orange, No Lemon
Wet-Face Watermelon - Safflower Yes, No Orange, No Lemon
Cheeky Lemon - No Safflower, No Orange, Lemon Yes
Orange Squeeze - No Safflower, Orange Yes, No Lemon
Pomegranate Pucker - No Safflower, Orange Yes, Lemon Yes
5: Questions about colors: YummyEarth is colored naturally with fruits, vegetables and roots (NO FOOD
DYE #4 or #5 or Blue Lake...).
6: High Fructose Corn Syrup?
We do not use high fructose corn syrup in any product. The most frustrating thing about high fructose corn
syrup, in our never humble opinion, is that it insidiously appears in foods we do not expect to see sugar in,
such as bread, ketchup, salad dressings, yogurt, etc...which causes the body to crave ever more sweet
things in foods you do not expect to be "sweetened". We do, however, expect our candy to be sweetened
and we share our candy with our families in moderation and know that it has sugar in it.
7: Allergens:
All our products are peanut free, tree nut free, sesame free, shellfish free, egg free, dairy free, and gluten
free.
8: Feingold Stage Per Flavor:
Cheeky Lemon - Feingold Stage 1
All other flavors - Feingold Stage 2
9: Natural Flavors:
Have a question about our Natural Flavors in our organic candy?
Please see below to understand how we approach the subject:
YummyEarth flavors in our organic candy are Organic Compliant Natural Flavors and conform to the
regulations of both the FDA and the USDA’s National Organic Plan (NOP). All of the flavor components are
derived naturally from fruit and root extracts and the solvents used as carriers are actually natural, such as
glycerine derived from vegetables or safflower oil. These YummyEarth natural flavors do not contain MSG
or other junk that we would not be proud to put in our family’s mouths.
Examples:
Natural Flavor for Cheeky Lemon – From the skins of lemons, either cold pressed or distilled, then folded
(heated to drive off some of the water) to make them more concentrated.
Natural Flavor for Roadside Root Beer – From Oil of Wintergreen in a solvent system of Safflower Oil
10. Organic Wheat Grass:
YummyEarth used organic wheat grass because it was a great gluten and wheat free way to achieve the
color green, (we first tested the wheat grass at the University of Nebraska for gluten), but it caused too
much confusion so we stopped using this ingredient in 2008.
11. Arsenic, Lead, Lab Testing, Quality Audits:
We care deeply about the quality, flavor, and consistency of all YummyEarth products. We purchase
ingredients from the most trusted sources in the world. We invite independent 3rd party quality auditors
into our facilities to perform surprise quality and safety inspections, and we submit our products to
independent food testing labs for quality, contaminants and irregularities regularly, including
for vitamin content, lead, arsenic, and nutrient content, for example.
We are proud of our superior record of safety and quality as repeatedly demonstrated by audit and lab
results and are proud that no lab test has ever shown any unacceptable level of lead, arsenic, or any
contaminant in any YummyEarth product. We are aware that from time to time certain ingredients gain
media attention for being more healthy or less healthy, but we remain vigilant and consistent and will
always continue these quality assurance testing practices to be certain of the quality that goes into
YummyEarth products before we offer them for sale to you no matter what ingredients we use and no
matter what ingredient may catch headlines in the media for a few days as happens from time to time.
As always, we are here for your questions and hope you enjoy YummyEarth products as much as we do.
We will add more as question arise. Thank you.
rob wunder, co-founder
| Egg-free Dairy-free Peanut-free Tree Nut free no high fructose corn syrup Wheat-free Soy-free NO MSG 100% Natural Colors No chemical dyes Real Fruit Extracts 100% Natural Flavors Kof-K Kosher Parve Plant: no tree nuts or peanuts. |
| Click below to view our certificates and test results |
Our facility in Mexico (my dear friend and the other co-founder, Sergio, grew up in Mexico City) is free of the major
allergens and are inspected frequently by US inspectors and enjoy exemplary quality and safety records. (a very
important side note regarding US and non-US jobs - we proudly pay fair wages to our valued team members in
Mexico and have created about the same number of jobs there as we have in the US). We have found that
implementing excellent safety and ingredient control standards can yield extraordinarily safe and high quality
products in our facilities. Further, we send finished product to be tested at the University of Nebraska for
nutrients and contaminants, because, as dads, that's what we wish all food manufacturers would do. We
believe the secret to quality is caring enough to do the right thing; as we all know the country of origin means
nothing when you don't care about your customers, even if you are making peanut butter, chicken, toothpaste, or
meat in the US. Sergio and I care about quality first and take production of YummyEarth products very seriously.
allergens and are inspected frequently by US inspectors and enjoy exemplary quality and safety records. (a very
important side note regarding US and non-US jobs - we proudly pay fair wages to our valued team members in
Mexico and have created about the same number of jobs there as we have in the US). We have found that
implementing excellent safety and ingredient control standards can yield extraordinarily safe and high quality
products in our facilities. Further, we send finished product to be tested at the University of Nebraska for
nutrients and contaminants, because, as dads, that's what we wish all food manufacturers would do. We
believe the secret to quality is caring enough to do the right thing; as we all know the country of origin means
nothing when you don't care about your customers, even if you are making peanut butter, chicken, toothpaste, or
meat in the US. Sergio and I care about quality first and take production of YummyEarth products very seriously.
All our lollipops and
drops are kosher parve.
drops are kosher parve.
All our lollipops and drops and
gummys are certified organic.
gummys are certified organic.
Everything we make is gluten free.
Please click on the links below to read the backs of the bags, including the ingredients and nutritional info.