Peanuts

Peanuts are a delicious food that are very nutritious and can be included as an important part of a healthy diet. However, for people allergic to peanuts, completely avoiding peanuts may be the only way to manage your allergy. Currently there is no cure, but possible treatments are being researched (see Allergy Studies Directory) and may become available. To safely manage your allergy, it’s important to recognise peanuts in their different forms and to know which foods contain them.

How to recognise peanut in its different forms

To help people with peanut allergy recognise peanut in its different forms, we worked with Nuts for Life to develop helpful fact sheet which show peanut in its shell, unshelled, crushed, etc.

Parents can use these fact sheet to teach their children what peanuts looks like in their forms.

REMEMBER: You cannot tell what ingredients foods contain by looking at them, smelling them or tasting them. ALWAYS read labels when eating packaged food and when eating out, ALWAYS tell people preparing and serving food you have a food allergy. Ask them about food content after you have told them about your food allergy.

Please note: this factsheet is intended as a guide only and does not contain a comprehensive list of all foods that contain peanuts.

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