Classic Episode:  Quality Street, Celebrations, Heroes and biscuit assortments. Selection packs like these usually list allergen ingredients only for all the contents, not each sweet or biscuit.  How are you supposed to know which one is made with hazelnut praline or egg fondant?   No problem - ring the free Customer Helpline.  After all, it's only a matter life and death... 

Listen in as Allergy Today calls four Customer Helplines - United Biscuits (McVities), Cadbury, Mars and Nestlé. Can they provide allergy information for individual sweets and biscuits? With their help we attempt to track down the information on their own websites.  It isn't easy, and some of the information was wrong - Cadbury's website suggests their Creme Egg as egg-free....and they categorised egg allergy as "vegetarian"!  

We'd love to hear your experience of dipping into a tub of Quality Street or Heroes, do you take  risks or steer clear completely (which seems to be the general advice given by the Helplines)? Get in touch via @allergytoday on Insta or Twitter, or email [email protected]