Information for Peanut and Tree-nut Free Classes
Nancy Salitsky, Hastings School Nurse
All foods coming into class for parties or celebrations should be
pre-packaged with labels of ingredients. Knowing how to read a label will
help to avoid problems caused by these ingredients.
The Food Allergy Network updates their lists frequently. For more
information on Special Alerts on foods or food labels, you can contact
the Network online at
www.foodallergy.org or call them at 1-800-929-4040.
How to read a label for a Peanut-free diet
Avoid foods that contain any of these ingredients:
- beer nuts
- cold pressed peanut oil
- ground nuts
- mixed nuts
- Nu-nuts flavored nuts
- Peanut
- Peanut butter
- Peanut flour
- candy
- chili
- chocolate (candies, candy bar)
- egg rolls
- hydrolized plant protein
- hydrolyzed vegetable protein
- marzipan
- natural flavorings
- nougat
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Foods that indicate the presence of peanut protein:
African, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese dishes Baked goods
(pastries, cookies, etc..)
How to read a label for a Tree nut free diet
Avoid foods that contain nuts or any of these ingredients:
- almonds
- Brazil nuts
- cashews
- chestnuts
- filbert/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
- nut oil
- nut paste i.e. almond paste
- pecans (Mashuga nuts)
- pine nuts (pinyon nuts)
- pistachios
- walnuts
Keep the following in mind:
- Artificial nuts can be peanuts that have been deflavored and
reflavored with a nut like pecan or walnut.
- Avoid natural extracts i.e. pure almond extract, use imitation or
artificial flavored extracts.
- Tree nuts have been used in many foods including barbeque sauce,
cereals, crackers and ice cream.
Last update:
09-10-2003/jh