DS's Almond Challenge at Mt. Sinai

[Macabre]

Came between meetings to see how it's going!

[GoingNuts]

No official determination, but no reactions. 

We're waiting for Dr.  Nowak now.

[CMdeux]

No reaction is definitely good news, no matter how you look at it!!   

[twinturbo]

ooh. promising.

[Jmarc]

crossing fingers toes an paws here......

[momma2boys]

Yay for no reaction!   

[Mookie86]

I came to FAS to see how it went.  Is it a pass?!?!?

[Macabre]

Passed?

[GoingNuts]

It was a pass.     The only casualty of the day were my glasses, which broke when I took them off to read something and I dropped a water bottle on them. 

Now the challenge will be to find non-Xcontaminated almonds.  Blue Diamond are now on shared equipment with every darned tree nut known to mankind.  I really don't want to have to buy raw ones, wash them, roast them, etc. 

But hey, I can make almond butter buckeyes!

[MaryM]

Congratulations!!!!

[GoingNuts]

This is the response I got from Blue Diamond:


Thank you for contacting Blue Diamond Growers with your product inquiry.

First, Blue Diamond only processes almonds; however, the transportation equipment used to transfer the almonds from the orchards to the processing facilities is shared with other nut growers. Many of our almond growers in our grower co-op have other tree nut orchards (separate from the almond orchards).

Let me emphasize that the harvested almonds are NOT shipped together with any other nuts; however, because the equipment is shared , it is possible that a stray walnut, pistachio or hazelnut be left behind in the dumpers.

With our tightly controlled processes, it si unlikely that something like that would get through our system and into our finished/packaged products, but in the event it does, we need to inform our consumers of the possibility with that statement on our packages.

Other tree nuts would include walnuts, pistachios and hazelnuts.

I hope that this information is helpful; however, if I can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me.

[Macabre]

Okay, well that is less contact than I thought.

Congrats!!!

[Janelle205]

Congrats - big day for the FAS kids!

[Jmarc]

yay!!! congratulations!!! it is a big day for fas kids indeed!!!

[GoingNuts]

Found 'em!

http://us.wonderfulalmonds.com/wa_static_ipad/faq.php