Someone on the Facebook support group I belong to recently posted about their experience after consuming DD lollies, and it brought back rather painful, and humiliating memories of my own ordeal. Looking back on it now, I can sort of see the humour in it, especially after reading some reviews on line. So I thought I would dedicate a entry in my blog to all of those who have lived through their own DD diarrhoea disaster. Here is my story:

For someone with a sweet tooth such as myself the hardest part about a diet is not being able to eat sweets...Read more

My name is Matthew and I’m on a strict calorie deficit diet. My diet is quite restrictive with minimal carbohydrates, high protein and moderate fat intake, this makes me sometimes (mostly) grumpy. You can imagine my excitement when my sad weary eyes glazed across a teeny little packet of sugar free goodness as if placed there ever so innocently by god himself on the impulse purchase level shelf at the self serve checkout at Coles.
I rushed home that Saturday afternoon after a very long week of dieting, work and gym ‘treat yourself’ I thought, ...Read more

I felt so good about myself buying sugar-free gummy bears! I thought I'd found a loophole for enjoying a sweet treat I loved without as many calories. After trying these myself and now reading all of the reviews, I genuinely do not know how they are still on the shelves. Anything that can make you THIS sick after consuming such a small amount cannot be safe for consumption. I would've had no more than 5 or 6 of these and two hours later I'm struck by violent diarrhea at work, of all places. Yes, the packaging does warn you that excessive consum...Read more

No words can truly describe the amount of pain and discomfort my entire digestive tract is encountering.
Do yourself a grand favour and avoid this product, or and Double D product AT ALL COSTS.

As my pure, innocent, sweet tooth went to reach for what I thought would be a healthy snack... I endeavoured down a dark road - munching away two full packs... only to get home and feel a discomfort growing within my stomach...
Assuming it was some bad chicken, I left for work - blissfully unaware of the demons spawning within my body.
Upon arrivi...Read more

I’m doing keto, so seeing these bad boys tempting me near the cash register felt like a gift from God himself. Sugar free gummies? In various flavours? I literally whispered “thank you science” under my breath as I purchased them without hesitation. I ate half a packet of the gummy bears and half of the coke bottles an hour before bed.

Fast forward to 4am and plot twist: I shat the bed. Like hot lava spilling from my volcanic rectum, history had repeated itself— I was reliving the nightmarish events of Pompeii, only I was Mt Vesuvius, the to...Read more

You are blatantly lying to people. You have clearly written on the front of your pack "made from Stevia", as well as in the descriptor at the back of the back. Stevia is a natural product that does not cause gastronomical upset. In fact your products are sweetened with Maltitol which most humans are allergic too and causes severe gastronomical upset. Stevia is at the end of the ingredient list and Maltitol is first. You only added the pinch of Stevia so you could make this false claim misleading your customers into thinking this is a Stevia swe...Read more

So I was excited to walk down the confectionary isle at woollies today and see that Double D lollies were now sweetened with STEVIA. I legitimately believed that this time it would be different - so I bought some to try again. They are sweet and delicious and I thought they had seen the error of their ways and would not cause me the same discomfort that made me turn away from them years before.

WRONG!!!!!!!!!

They STILL contain a sugar alcohol - ISOMALT. Isomalt and xylitol are two of the common sugar alcohols found in sugar-free produc...Read more

My wife and 2 yr old ate a packet of gummy bears yesterday. My daughter had explosive Diarreah within 2 hrs and was up all night screaming in pain & discomfort. I am about to take her to the doctor.

My wife had the same symptoms with the addition of severe vomiting. Zofran and gastro stop tablets didn't help ease her symptoms. I've never seen my wife in so much pain.

I googled about this product and was in shock to read the reviews of similar experiences. I firmly believe that the gummy bears were the cause of this.

Yes there is a...Read more