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ASDA and sugar free sweets

Celeriac

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Husband went to ASDA tonight to stock up on sugar free sweets for the car. He often drives long distances to meetings with members of his team, who are usually female and watching their weight. As he doesn't want to put on loads either he eats them too.

He thought he'd try ASDA instead of Sainsbury's, for a change. He couldn't find any sugar-free sweets and asked a member of staff. He was told that ASDA head office had issued a directive, telling them to remove all sugar free sweets.

The ASDA website is showing Ricola sugar free sweets, but MySupermarket isn't showing any at ASDA.

We're in the middle of an obesity epidemic, yet ASDA won't sell sugar-free sweets ?
 
My husband isn't overweight, doesn't have diabetes or prediabetes but does have NCGS. We eat organic, gluten free, low carb. I'm not thrilled about him eating sweeteners in these sweets, but compared to me, he does have a sweet tooth. He drives all over the SE and sometimes to Wales and Yorkshire. His job starts when he gets there, it's not driving but he does around 1000-1500 miles a month. I'd rather he ate the sugar free sweets than smoked or put on weight eating a lot of sugar and giving himself cavities too.

Sorbitol is a natural substance, it's found in prunes and that's what makes them such good natural laxatives.

Not all obese or overweight people are poor and on benefits. There are people working, earning good money and eating takeaways and ready meals every night because they don't know how to cook or don't want to or just don't have the time to shop because they work long and/or irregular hours. I have known young investment bankers, fresh out of uni, earning 70k before bonuses but spending 12 hours a day in the office or more, 6 or 7 days a week when required. Some of my mother's friends seem to live on M&S ready meals - including a farmer and his girlfriend !

Some people make bad food choices because they haven't been educated about food. Some people make them because they are working too hard. Some people see food as nothing more than fuel and don't care about the quality. They would rather go on vacation, have a big TV and designer clothes or buy booze, cigarettes or drugs.

There are people who don't have enough money to feed themselves and their family properly. Could be because they don't earn enough or they have debts which eat into their household budget or they are on benefits and have been sanctioned.

In my life I've had no expense spared anything I wanted South of France etc and also been living in a bedsit on the dole. I've eaten soya mince 5 nights a week for years and I now eat organic food. I used to be a chef so I have always tried to eat well.

I've learned that you can only do your best.

Food manufacturers who produce food with unlabelled horse, human DNA, dog, high levels of bacteria etc should be clobbered with penalties IMO. They shouldn't treat paying cusomers as dustbins.
 
this is a n interesting discussion but is straying away from the the original point that a major supermarket is apparently now no longer stocking sugar free sweets.
 

Hi, if your hubby really wants some sugar free sweets, you could look at small independent pharmacies or possibly Boots.
 
Do they not have sugar-free branded sweets? I know you can get sugar free polos in most places. Woukd chewing gum be acceptable? There are some ok flavours other than mint.

I know its not much of a choice but just a suggestion
 
Husband takes gluten-free rolls or crackers with organic cheese or organic deli meats or pates (including vegetarian ones) for lunch OR he takes organic fruit and nuts.

He does have a 12v cool box, paper napkins, disposable cutlery, paper plates and a stash of Badoit and Evian in the boot plus sugar free chewing gum, gluten-free cookies, additive-free pork scratchings, packets of unsalted organic nuts e.g. walnuts, pine nuts, Brazil nuts and organic dried raisins. He also likes organic gluten-free low carb toddler snacks e.g. Organix Goodies cheese and herb puffs and gluten-free Scottish shortbread.

He was after some sugar-free sweets and had to go to Sainsbury's in the end which just had Ricola.

If he was a podge, he wouldn't get all this but he has a flat stomach and a 32 inch waist and eats low carb at home.

I top him up with some treats for the car once a month. If it's gone it's gone, as far as I'm concerned, even if others are sharing it.

Sugar-free sweets and chewing gum aren't the healthiest things in the world but if they keep him from smoking, then they are the lesser of two evils. There are no cakes, biscuits, cookies or sweets in the house and never have been.

I just feel that in the midst of an obesity crisis, it's crazy that ASDA has a huge crisp aisle and sweets aisle but nothing sugar-free.

All the supermarkets put crisps, soft drinks, booze and biscuits on offer but very rarely have vegetables on offer. Is that responding to customers or leading them ?








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Aww to the hamper @SweetLucie we do actually have three, but used for storage. Husband would lose stuff I think. Thanks for the photo !
 
Thanks @Pinkorchid. Unfortunately that's one of the few UK supermarkets that we don't have but will tell husband so he can look for one.
 
You can get Rico a Sugar Free sweets in the Pharmacy section in Tescos.
 
I bought sugar free sweets in M & S....their own brand.
 
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