Let Them Eat Cake! A plea for help.

POSTED BY: CallMeSerenity
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 6, 2005 15:35
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CALLMESERENITY

Friday, November 18, 2005 5:17 PM

Hi all! I'm asking for a bit of help.

You see, I have a cousin who has a disorder called galactosemia. Basically, it means his body can't utilize galactose, which is a kind of sugar mostly found in dairy products. Short story, my cousin can't have anything dairy. It could kill him.

Duncan Hines was the only cake mix on the market that didn't have dairy in it, until recently. They just changed it and added milk to all their cake mixes. It may seem like a little thing, but to my cousin, and the thousands of people like him, it's the difference between being able to eat like a normal kid, or having to do without. It's hard for my cousin to always have to read labels or ask to see ingredients at a restaurant before he can eat something. It's hard to have to bring his own food with him to make sure he'll have something to eat. He just wants to be a normal kid.

So, we're trying to get Duncan Hines to change the cake mixes back. And this is where you come in. Could you take a few minutes to email, write or call Duncan Hines or its parent company? If enough people make enough of a fuss, we can get them to change it back. It'd been done before, and it can be done again.

Please write to:

Duncan Hines Consumer Affairs
PO Box 91000
Allentown, PA 18109

Or Call Duncan Hines at 1-800-362-9834

Or e-mail the parent company (Pinnacle foods corp) at

Pinnaclefoodscorp@casupport.com

Tell Duncan Hines that you are unhappy with the ingredient change, and ask them to please take the dairy out of their cake mixes.

Perhaps we can get Duncan Hines to reverse this decision.

Thank you so much!

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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ODDNESS2HER

Friday, November 18, 2005 5:42 PM

Will do!

CALLMESERENITY

Friday, November 18, 2005 5:47 PM

Thanks Oddness!

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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ODDNESS2HER

Friday, November 18, 2005 5:48 PM

You're welcome and my best to your cousin.

JOEYWIT

Saturday, November 19, 2005 5:01 AM

Thank you for the heads up, I'll bet my mom doesn't know about this.
In addition to being her favorite mix to work with, it was the only one she could bake with for my father- he's lactose intolerant. So, not only people with galactosemia, but also lactose intolerants won't be able to eat them. And that makes for a very large population of the US.
I will be getting everyone I know to add our voices to this.

DARKJESTER

Sunday, November 20, 2005 2:28 AM

This is too weird, Serenity - my son Cameron has DG variant Galactosemia, meaning that he has about 20% of the normal level of the enzyme that digests galactose. Cameron can drink milk, etc, but if he consumes too much dairy he gets sick with flu-like symptoms, just for a day or two until his body can catch up. Of course I'll help with the petition, I know about the disease. There aren't THAT many galactosemics, but if the lactose intolerant folk speak up too, that's enough people to turn some heads.

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CALLMESERENITY

Sunday, November 20, 2005 3:07 PM

Thanks guys! Thanks for getting involved and for helping to spread the word.

This is why I love Browncoats and am proud to count myself as one!

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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CALLMESERENITY

Monday, November 21, 2005 4:01 PM

bump

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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FINN MAC CUMHAL

Monday, November 21, 2005 4:26 PM

I did a search and found several companies claiming to offer non-dairy cake mixes. You might want to look into these companies. Here’s one that sales a wide variety of non-dairy products, gluten-free products. Sounds like right up your ally.

http://www.choclat.com/GFCF/gfcf.php

Another alternative is to make the cakes yourself with a non-dairy recipe.

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SAMEERTIA

Friday, December 2, 2005 12:22 AM

Oops.
My bad. See, I'm deadly allergic to coconut. Duncan Hines was using coconut solids for their milk substitute, and I and a few of the other coconut allergy sufferers tantrumed.
This may very well be my fault!
*hangs head in shame*

But I'll write the company! Maybe they could do a specifically non-dairy line?

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