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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

How to read a label for a peanut free diet

Avoid foods that contain peanuts or any of these ingredients:

artificial nuts
beer nuts
cold pressed, expelled, or extruded peanut oil
goobers
ground nuts
mandelonas
mixed nuts
monkey nuts
Nu-Nuts - flavored nuts
nutmeat
nut pieces
peanut
peanut butter
peanut flour

May indicate the presence of peanut protein:

African, Chinese, Indonesian, Mexican, Thai and Vietnamese dishes
baked Goods (pastries, cookies,, etc.)
candy (including chocolate candy)
chili
egg rolls
enchilada sauce
flavoring (including natural and artificial)

Sources: PeanutAllergy.com
FDA Website

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