A BAKER'S DOZEN... of ALLEGED LIES
Local Vegan Community Is Distraught After Learning Their Doughnuts Have Been Coming From Dunkin'
A Long Island-based vegan market, Cindy's Snacks, discovered that the doughnuts they were selling as homemade, vegan and gluten-free... were actually not any of those things.
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The Lede
Cindy's Snacks owners John Stengel and Indiana "Cindy" Kay have since apologized for unknowingly selling sweets containing gluten and animal products, which they claim came from a vendor called Savory Fig. Cindy's owners said they were enraged at Savory Fig for endangering their allergy-adverse customers and betraying their trust. Cindy's reportedly outsource from local vegan bakers, including Savory Fig, whose owner, Michelle Siriani, denies any instance of wrongdoing in this case.
Key Details
- Stengel and Kay told Siriani that the sprinkles on her doughnuts looked like exclusive Dunkin' ones, which Siriani denied. Home tests also revealed "high positive" traces of gluten.
- Internet sleuths also pointed out similarities between Savory Fig's Valentine's Day doughnuts and Dunkin's, suggesting they may have an even longer pattern of allegedly re-selling to other bakeries.
- Cindy's Snacks has announced they will be cutting ties with Savory Fig and are now considering pursing legal action.
