Where are Eggs?
If you or your baby have eggs allergy and must follow an egg free diet, you must avoid all foods that contain all types of eggs (not only chicken but also hen, duck and goose).
Here there are several common foods that usually contain eggs:
Egg products and dishes | All raw and cooked eggs regardless of cooking method used, frozen eggs, powdered egg, omelettes, quiche, frittatas, mayonnaise
| Cereal and grain products | Egg pasta, egg noodles
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Meat, fish, poultry and alternatives
| Meat loaf, meat balls, hamburgers |
Beverages | Eggnog, malted drinks, some milk drink mixes |
Confectionery and sweet dishes | All types of confectionery, custards, puddings, certain ice blocks, macaroons, meringue, mousse, pavlova, ice cream, doughnuts, royal icing (e.g. on traditional wedding and Christmas cakes) |
Sauces and dressings | Sauces in general including béarnaise, hollandaise, tartare, mayonnaise, salad dressings |
Baked goods | Cakes, pastry, biscuits, commercial icing on cakes, quiche, doughnuts, glazed rolls/pastries/buns, marzipan, soufflés, glazed fruits |
Miscellaneous | Battered foods, fritters |
Empty egg boxes and eggshells should not be touched by those with an egg allergy.
The most common ingredients that are or may contain eggs are:
- Albumen
- Apovitellin
- Avidin
- Dried eggs
- Egg, whole
- Egg albumen
- Egg solids
- Egg white and solids
- Egg yolk
- Flavoproteins
- Glaze (in baked goods e.g. Pies, buns)
- Globulin
- Imitation egg products
- Livetin
- Lysozyme
- Meringue mix
- Ovalbumin
- Ovglycoprotein
- Ovomucin, ovomucoid, ovomuxoid
- Powdered egg
Lecithin may be derived from egg but rarely causes an adverse food reaction. Check with you doctor or dietitian if you must avoid also egg lecithin (e322).