ASCIA Dietary avoidance - peanut

Dietary guideASCIA Dietary Avoidance for Food Allergy FAQ should be printed in conjunction with the ASCIA diet sheet for peanut.

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Peanuts can be found in a variety of foods including cereals, muesli bars, and bakery items. Avoiding peanut is essential for people with confirmed peanut allergy.

The following foods CONTAIN peanut and should be avoided:

Arachis oil

Monkey nuts

Peanut flour

Beer nuts

Nu-nuts

Peanut oil (cold pressed, expelled or extruded)

Goober nuts

Nutmeat

Peanut sauce

Groundnuts

Peanut

Peanut sprouts

Madelonas

Peanut butter

Satay

Mixed nuts

Peanut brittle

Renflakes

Check labels on the following foods to see if they contain peanut and if they do, avoid them:

African dishes

Dukkah

Pastries

Asian/Indian dishes

Flavourings (natural or artificial)

Pesto

Baked goods

Fried food (peanut oil)

Praline

Biscuits

Gravy

Rocky road

Breakfast cereal

Health food bars

Salad/salad dressing

Cakes, slices

Hydrolysed/textured vegetable protein

Sauces

Chocolates

Ice cream

Snack foods

Chocolate spreads/paste

Marzipan

Soup

Confectionary/some Indian confectionary

Mexican dishes

Stuffing

Curry paste

Nougat

Takeaway/restaurant food

Crackers

Pasta sauces

Vegetarian foods

Dried fruit mixes/trail mix

 

 

Most people with peanut allergy can tolerate other legumes such as beans, pulses, peas and lentils. Nutmeg, water chestnuts and coconuts are not related to peanuts.

Highly refined peanut oils are unlikely to cause a reaction in people with a peanut allergy. Avoid peanut oil which is cold pressed, expressed or expelled.

Peanut oil can be in cosmetics, shampoos and moisturisers. Ingredient names include arachis oil, sodium peanutate and peanutamide. People that are highly allergic should avoid products with these ingredients.

"May contain traces of peanuts" on a label indicates that the food is made in a facility that makes other foods containing peanuts. The raw ingredients may be contaminated with peanuts, however the food does not have peanuts as an ingredient. A clinical immunology/allergy specialist will advise if these foods should be avoided.

Unlabelled food and food consumed outside the home has a higher allergy risk than food labelled as possibly containing traces of peanuts.

Prepared unlabelled food (such as those from cake shops, food malls and restaurants) may contain or be contaminated with peanuts.

These food lists are not exhaustive. People with food allergy should check food labels each time products are purchased.

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Updated October 2022

 

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