Valuplus Bread Is No Longer Dairy Or Egg free!

My family had a very close call recently. My friend Claire was notified by our mutual daycare centre that Valuplus bread has now added both eggs and milk to their recipe, making it no longer safe for my son or hers. Until now, there were only two brands of “regular” whole wheat bread that they could eat: Valuplus and Betty breads.

That was fine. I went home, tossed our Valuplus bread out and went on with our holiday celebrations. What I forgot to do was call Liam’s daycare worker (who is different from the daycare center that discovered this change) to let her know. When my husband picked Liam up from his daycare on Tuesday night our daycare worker told him that she was just about to make him some toast from the Valuplus bread when she noticed on the ingredients that it now contained milk and eggs. We forgot to tell her and she still caught the change.

I don’t think there is anyway to explain how horrible we felt. We came very close to losing our son because we did not remember pass this information along to our daycare worker. We are lucky that she is so vigilant. I know this is a learning experience for us, but that was a little too close for my comfort.

What I do not understand is why companies change their ingredient lists so often – it makes it so difficult for families/individuals dealing with food allergies to find safe products. The Valuplus bread was listed on several sites that document dairy free products and I am sure they were getting good publicity for that. I cannot believe that adding eggs and milk make it more cost-effective to produce, they are expensive ingredients.

All I know is that we were lucky this time. Mistakes can cost my son his life and I will not let something like this happen again.