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The Top 9 Food Allergens

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Top 9 Allergens

Nine foods account for 90 percent of all food allergy reactions:

  • Peanuts
  • Tree nuts (cashews, pecans, walnuts, etc.)
  • Milk
  • Egg
  • Wheat
  • Soy
  • Fish (halibut, salmon, etc.)
  • Shellfish (crab, lobster, shrimp, etc.)
  • Sesame
To learn more about food allergy, we recommend the following video by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

 

 

While more than 170 foods can cause allergic reactions in people with food allergies, the law identifies the nine most common allergenic foods. 

Sesame is recognized as the ninth major allergen, effective January 1, 2023, and must be labeled in plain language on packaged foods in the U.S.

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