Where are Peanuts?
If your baby is allergic to peanuts and must follow a peanuts free diet, he must avoid all foods that contain peanuts.
It is, also, safer to avoid all nut products, as many people who react to peanuts also react to tree nuts (other nuts): almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, walnuts.
Here there are several common foods that usually contain peanuts:
Peanut and peanut dishes and products | All types of peanuts, satay sauces, peanut butter | Cereal and grain products | Some breakfast cereals, cereal bars, muesli bars, health food bars |
Meat, fish, poultry and alternatives
| Some breakfast cereals, cereal bars, muesli bars, health food bars |
Beverages | Eggnog, malted drinks, some milk drink mixes |
Confectionery and sweet dishes | Certain sweets, chocolate, ice cream, nougat, praline, marzipan, macaroons |
Baked goods | Many baked goods such as biscuits, cakes (including those with marzipan icing), pies, pastries, cheese cakes, marzipan, praline |
Miscellaneous | Chocolate nut spreads, many south-east Asian (Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese) dishes, foods from buffets and delicatessens, vegetarian products, pesto, tree nut (other nut) products may also contain peanuts. |
The most common ingredients that are or may contain peanuts are:
- Beer nuts
- Chopped peanuts
- Cold pressed peanut oil
- Defatted peanuts
- Expelled or expressed peanut oil
- Fresh peanuts
- Granulated peanuts
- Ground nuts
- Hydrolysed plant protein
- Hydrolysed vegetable protein
- Mixed nuts
- Monkey nuts
- Peanut butter
- Peanut flakes
- Peanut flour
- Peanut oil
- Satay
Highly sensitive individuals may also react to arachis oil that may may be used in food products and also in certain cosmetic and pharmaceutical products such as aftershave or eczema cream.
Always check with your pharmacist that the product does not contain arachis oil or nut products.