Haribo Christmas Collection Gluten Free?

I received a big 800g box of Haribo Christmas Collection from my dad at Christmas time. I love Haribo and I’m very happy that most of their sweets are gluten free but whilst I feel safe eating the bags which say gluten free on the back I will always double check if they don’t.  I know that almost all of the gummy Haribo shapes are gluten free unless they are part of a variety which includes licorice sweets but I figure that if it doesn’t say on the label that it’s gluten free then it’s not gluten free to me and there are plenty others which I can safely eat.

This Christmas Collection did not say whether or not it was gluten free so I thought I’d send Haribo an email to check.

This is the response I received:

Thank you for your email regarding Haribo Christmas Collection.

If the code on the product commences L441 this confirms that the product was made in the UK and we can confirm then that this product is gluten free.

Pleasae accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
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Regards

Michael Carr
Haribo Customer Care (UK)

So…I looked at the box and the code did not commence with L441. This box of Haribo was made and packaged in Germany so I can’t be sure it’s gluten free

I gave the box of sweets to my boyfriend to eat and the next time I saw my dad he had bought me an even bigger box…1250g! This time though it was Haribo Starmix, with a code on the label which began with L441! I know that 200g bags of Starmix are gluten free so it felt safe to assume that more of the same would be too!