Peanut-Free Diet

Avoid foods with the following ingredients:

• beer nuts
• cold-pressed peanut oil (use caution with heat processed type, but this type is typically tolerated).
• ground nuts
• mixed nuts
• Nu-Nuts® flavored nuts
• peanuts
• peanut butter
• peanut flour
• Foods that may contain peanuts or peanut protein:
• African, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese dishes
• baked goods (cookies, pastries, etc)
• candy
• chili (peanut butter is sometimes used to thicken)     
• chocolate (candy, candy bars)
• egg rolls
• hydrolyzed plant protein
• hydrolyzed vegetable protein
• marzipan
• nougat

Note: While peanuts and treenuts (i.e., almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, etc) are not related foods, the potential for cross-contamination is high. This means that where treenuts are found, peanuts are also commonly found. It is a good idea to avoid all nuts if you are peanut allergic!

(information obtained from about.com/allergies)