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Food Allergies
This page offers tips and information related to various food allergies.
Egg Allergies
To read a label for an egg-free diet, be sure to avoid foods that contain any of the following ingredients:
albumin
egg whites
egg yolk
dried egg
egg powder
egg solids
egg substitutes
eggnog
globulin
livetin
lysozyme (used in Europe)
mayonnaise
meringue
ovalbumin
ovomucin
ovomucoid
ovovitellin
Simplesse
Other possible sources of eggs or egg products:
- A shiny glaze or yellow baked good may indicate the presence of egg.
- Simplesse is used as a fat substitute and is made from either egg or milk protein.
- Egg whites and shells may be used as clarifying agents in soup stocks, consommis, bouillons, and coffees.
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Gluten (Wheat) Allergies
Newsweek article, Sept. 17, 2007:
Waiter, Please Hold the Wheat
Symptoms can be baffling at first. But once doctors diagnose celiac disease, patients can take advantage of a growing array of healthy foods.
Milk Allergies
To read a label for a milk-free diet, avoid any of the following:
artificial butter flavor
butter, butter fat, buttermilk
casein
caseinates (ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium)
cheese, cottage cheese, curds
cream
custard, pudding
ghee
Half and Half
hydrolysates (casein, milk protein, protein, whey, whey protein)
lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate
lactoglobulin
lactose
milk (derivative, protein, solids, malted, condensed, evaporated, dry, whole, lowfat, nonfat, skim)
nougat
rennet casein
sour cream
sour cream solids
whey (delactosed, deminderalied, protein concentrate)
yogurt
Other possible sources of milk or milk products include:
brown sugar flavoring
caramel flavoring
chocolate
high protein flour
lactic acid starter culture
margarine
natural flavoring
Simplesse
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Tree Nut Allergies
To read a label for a tree nut-free diet, avoid foods that contain any of the following ingredients:
almonds
brazil nuts
cashews
chestnuts
filberts
hazelnuts
gianduja (a creamy mixture of chocolate and chopped toasted nuts found in premium or imported chocolate)
hickory nuts
macadamia nuts
marzipan/almond paste
nougat
Nu-Nuts™ artificial nuts
nut butters (i.e., cashew butter, almond butter)
nut oil
nut paste (i.e., almond paste)
pecans pine nuts (pignolia, pinion)
pistachios
walnuts
To avoid tree-nuts:
- Nu-Nuts™ artificial nuts are peanuts that have been deflavored and reflavored with a nut such as pecan or walnut.
- Filberts are hazelnuts.
- Avoid natural extracts such as pure almond extract, and natural wintergreen extract (for the child who is filbert/hazelnut allergic).
- Use imitation or artificially flavored extracts.
- Ethnic foods, commercially prepared baked goods, and candy can be cross-contaminated with nuts since nuts are frequently used in these types of foods.
- Tree nuts are being added to an increasing variety of foods such as barbecue sauces, cereals, crackers, and ice creams.
From University of Virginia Health System.
Tree Nut Allergies, by Antony Ham Pong, MBBS, Calgary Allergy Network
Tree nut allergies are common potentially life-threatening food allergies. They are often lifelong. Tree nuts may belong to different food families which are unrelated to each other and tree nuts are not related to peanut.