Allergy & Heavy Metal Information

We take food allergens seriously and try to be as transparent as possible about our ingredients, facility, and processes so you can make informed decisions for yourself!
At Farmhouse Chocolates, we are a soy-free, corn syrup-free, and GMO-free facility.

Gluten: We consider all of our chocolate products safe for the gluten intolerant or gluten sensitive. But for those diagnosed with Celiac Disease, we urge caution and due diligence (i.e. keep reading to find out more!). 

Tree Nuts: While we have had many customers with tree nut allergies successfully enjoy our chocolate products, we recognize this is a delicate issue and we do not purport to be nut-free. None of our products currently contain any nuts, but we do have nuts stored at the facility. 
Peanuts: We do not use or store peanuts or foods containing peanuts at our facility, but some of our ingredients are processed in plants that do handle peanuts.
Soy: We do not use or store any ingredients or products containing soy at our facility, but some of our ingredients are processed in plants that do handle soy.
Dairy: All of our dark chocolate bars are always naturally vegan, but some of our ingredients are processed in plants that do handle dairy, and we are also a facility that stores and uses dairy products (as noted on any relevant product packaging).
Eggs: We do not use or store eggs or foods containing eggs at our facility, but some of our ingredients are processed in plants that do handle eggs.

Now, if you have serious food allergies and need to know more, let’s dive into the details!

A bit about our process: We stringently adhere to best practices that limit cross contact of food allergens. For example, when making products, we do so in a particular order, tempering, dipping, and molding any ingredients recognized by the FDA to be common allergens last.

We do not currently process any ingredients containing gluten, soy, or peanuts. This said, we are not a certified gluten-free, soy-free, or peanut-free facility. We may bring personal food containing one or all of these allergens into the facility and, though it is not consumed in the same areas as where we craft our products, utensils, plates, etc. touched by these allergens may be washed in the same sinks used to wash utensils and equipment used to create our chocolates (although we wait to wash our personal items until after all utensils and equipment have been washed for the day).

Moreover, we are chocolatiers, rather than chocolate makers. This means that we source exceptional certified organic & Fair Trade chocolate and work with it, rather than processing from the bean. So there are third-party facilities involved in sourcing our chocolate whose plants may contain allergens.

Details: 
The 38% milk chocolate we use in all milk-chocolate products is: certified organic, certified Fair Trade, completely emulsifier free (meaning no soy lecithin).
Third party facility information: it is manufactured in a facility that handles tree nuts, soy, gluten & eggs, but which comes rated with a fantastically low gluten content of 5 parts per million or less. Contains dairy.

The 71% dark chocolate is a house blend of two different sources. One of the chocolates in this blend is certified organic, Direct Trade, and soy free; while the other is certified organic, Fair Trade, and soy free. One of the chocolates comes from a facility that processes gluten, the other does not. Both chocolates come from third party facilities that process tree nuts, soy, and dairy.

We hope this information helps you make informed decisions about whether our handcrafted chocolates feel like a good dietary fit for you. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions!