HOW TO READ A LABELfor a PEANUT-FREE DIET

Avoid foods that contain peanuts or any ofthese ingredients: artificial nuts, beer nuts, cold pressed, expelled, orextruded peanut oil, goobers, ground nuts, mixed nuts, monkey nuts, nutmeat, nutpieces, peanut butter, peanut flour. May indicate the presence of peanutprotein: African, Asian (especially Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Thai, andVietnamese), and Mexican dishes, baked goods (pastries, cookies, etc.) candy(including chocolate candy), chili egg rolls, enchilada sauce, flavoring(including natural and artificial), marzipan, mole sauce, nougat • Mandelonasare peanuts soaked in almond flavoring. • Arachis oil is peanut oil. • Expertsadvise patients allergic to peanuts to avoid tree nuts as well. • Sunflowerseeds are often produced on equipment shared with peanuts.

HOW TO READ A LABELfor a TREE NUT-FREE DIET

Avoid foods that contain nuts or any of theseingredients: almonds,artificial nuts, beech nut, Brazil nuts, butternut, caponata, cashews,chestnuts, chinquapin, coconut, filberts/hazelnuts, gianduja (a nut mixturefound in some chocolate), ginko nut,hickory nuts, lichee/lychee nut, macadamia nuts, marzipan/almond paste,nan gai nuts, natural nut extract (i.e., almond, walnut), nut butters (i.e., cashew butter), nut meal, nutmeat, nut oil, nut paste (i.e.,almond paste), nut pieces pecans (Mashuga Nuts®), pesto, pili nut, pine nuts (also referredto as Indian, piñon, pinyon, pignoli, pigñolia, and pignon nuts), pistachios, praline, sheanut, walnuts. • Mortadella may contain pistachios. • Natural and artificial flavoring maycontain tree nuts. • Experts advisepatients allergic to tree nuts avoid peanuts as well.

HOW TO READ A LABELfor a SOY-FREE DIET

Avoid foods that contain soy or any of these ingredients: edamame, hydrolyzed soy protein, miso, natto,shoyu sauce, soy (soy albumin, soy fiber, soy flour, soy grits, soy milk, soynuts, soy sprouts), soya, soybean (curd,granules), soy protein (concentrate,isolate), soy sauce, Tamari, Tempeh, textured vegetable protein (TVP), tofu.

May indicate the presence of soy protein: Asian cuisine, flavoring (including natural andartificial), vegetable broth, vegetable gum, vegetable starch.

HOW TO READ A LABELfor a MILK-FREE DIET

Avoid foods that contain milk or any of theseingredients: artificial butter flavor,butter, butter fat, butter oil, buttermilk, casein (caseinhydrolysate), caseinates (in allforms), cheese, cream, cottage cheese,curds, custard, ghee, half & half, lactalbumin, phosphate, lactoferrin,lactulose, milk (in all forms including condensed, derivative, dry, evaporated, goat’s milk and milk fromother animals, low-fat, malted, milkfat, non-fat, powder, protein, skimmed,solids, whole), nisin, nougat, pudding,recaldent, rennet casein sour cream, sour cream solids, sour milk solids, whey(in all forms), yogurt.

May indicate the presence of milk protein: caramel candies, chocolate, flavorings (includingnatural and artificial), high proteinflour, lactic acid starter culture, lactose, luncheon meat, hot dogs, sausages,margarine, non-dairy products.

HOW TO READ A LABELfor an EGG-FREE DIET

Avoid foods that contain eggs or any of these ingredients:albumin (also spelled as albumen), egg (dried, powdered, solids, white, yolk),eggnog, lysozyme, mayonnaise, meringue (meringue powder), surimi.

May indicate the presence of egg protein: flavoring(including natural and artificial), lecithin, macaroni, marzipan, marshmallows,nougat, pasta.

HOW TO READ A LABEL for a WHEAT-FREE DIET

Avoid foods that contain wheat or any of these ingredients:Bran, bread crumbs, bulgur, club wheat, couscous, cracker meal, durum, einkorn,emmer, farina, flour (all purpose, bread, cake, durum, enriched, graham, highgluten, high protein, instant pastry, self-rising, soft wheat, steel ground,stone ground, whole wheat), gluten, kamut, matzoh, matzoh meal (also spelled asmatzo), pasta, seitan, semolina, spelt, triticale, vital gluten wheat (bran,germ, gluten, malt, sprouts), wheat grass, whole wheat berries.

May indicate the presence of wheat protein: flavoring(including natural and artificial), hydrolyzed protein, soy sauce, starch(gelatinized starch, modified starch, modified food starch, vegetable starch,wheat starch).

HOW TO READ A LABELfor a SHELLFISH-FREE DIET

Avoid foods that contain shellfish or any of these ingredients: abalone, clams (cherrystone, littleneck, pismo, quahog), cockle(periwinkle, sea urchin), crab, crawfish (crayfish, ecrevisse), lobster(langouste, langoustine, scampo, coral, tomalley), mollusks, mussels, octopus,oysters, prawns, scallops, shrimp (crevette), snails (escargot), squid (calamari),

May indicate the presence of shellfish protein:bouillabaisse, cuttlefish ink, fish stock, flavoring (including natural andartificial), seafood flavoring (such as crab or clam extract).