Top Eight Free: Your Guide to Allergy-Free Eating

Foods to avoid:

• Artificial nuts

• Beer nuts

• Ground nuts

• Mixed nuts

• Monkey nuts

• Cold pressed, expelled or extruded peanut oil or arachis oil

• Goobers

• Mandelonas

• Peanuts, peanut butter, peanut flour

• Thai foods such as Pad Thai or Satay

• Chineese foods often use peanuts as an ingredient or fry in peanut oil.  Egg rolls are often “glued” together with peanut butter

• African foods

• Indonesian foods·

• Vietnameese foods

• Chili sometimes has peanut butter in it as a thickener

• Meuslei

• Breakfast bars or energy bars

• Enchilada sauce

• Sweets such as marzipan; nougat, ice cream, and chocolate

• Food additive 322

• Natural flavoring

Because peanut allergies can be so severe, it is important to avoid any foods that may be cross-contaminated with peanut protein.   Any pre-packaged foods should come from a peanut-free facility.