
Purchasing guide in German « Einkaufshilfe Nussallergie». They can be found not only in bakery products, such as bread, cakes and savoury snacks, in sweets, such as ice cream and snack bars, and in sandwich spreads but also in ready meals and much more besides. Nuts, and traces of nut too, are present in a wide variety of foods – sometimes not so obviously. They can and should continue to eat any nuts that they can tolerate. The allergy specialist can determine exactly which types of nut sufferers should also avoid. Depending on the severity of the allergy, care needs to be taken even with traces of nut.īecause the allergens of the different nuts are not the same, having an allergy to one nut does not automatically mean being allergic to all nuts. But there is one thing they have in common – they cannot be destroyed either by heat or stomach acid, which means that they can cause allergic reactions in any form – whether raw, roasted or cooked. These are different from one type of a nut to another.

Primary nut allergy sufferers typically have a reaction to the storage proteins in nuts. The following hard-shelled fruits are botanically nuts and can trigger a nut allergy: cashew, hazelnut, macadamia nuts (Queensland nuts), almond, Brazil nuts, pecan nuts, pistachio and walnut. And yet, most adults who experience itching in the mouth when they bite into a nut bar are more likely to have a secondary allergy, a cross reaction.

Unlike other allergies, a nut allergy often does not resolve with age. Almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts: children are especially prone to a primary nut allergy.
