Cow's Milk

All FDA-regulated manufactured food products that contain milk as an ingredient are required by U.S. law to list the word “milk” on the product label.

Ingredients containing cow's milk on food labels:

Avoidance During Air Travel

References

Milk
Butter
Buttermilk
Casein & caseinates
Cheese
Cream, whipped cream
Curds
Custard
Dairy product solids
Diacetyl
Galactose
Ghee
Half & Half
Hydrolysates
Ice cream, ice milk, sherbet-----------
Lactalbumin
Lactate solids
Lactyc yeast
Lactitol monohydrate
Lactoferrin
Lactoglobulin
Lactose
Lactulose
Milk, milk fat
Nisin preparation
Nougat
Pudding
Quark
Recaldent
Rennet
Simplesse
Sour cream
Tagatose
Whey
Yogurt

May Contain Milk:

Artificial flavoring
Artificial butter flavor
Caramel flavoring
Chocolate
High protein flour
Lactic acid
Lactic acid starter culture
Lunch meat, hot dogs, sausage
Margarine
Nisin
Nougat
Rice cheese, soy cheese

Should be Safe (unless allergic to soy, etc.)

Rice milk
Soy milk
Almond milk
Cocoabutter
Coconut milk
Calcium lactate
Calcium stearoyl lactylate
Oleoresein
Cream of tartar
Sodium stearoyl lactylate

Soy

All FDA-regulated manufactured food products that contain soy as an ingredient are required by U.S. law to list the word “soy” on the product label.

Ingredients containing soy on food labels:

Anything containing the word "soy" (except soy oil and soy lecithin)
Edamame, soybeans
Kinnoko flour
Kyodofu
Miso
Natto
Okara
Shoyu sauce
Soya, soya flour
Soybean granules
Soybean curd
Soybean oil (cold pressed, expeller pressed, or extruded)
Soybean paste
Supro
Tamari
Tempeh
Teriyaki sauce
Textured vegetable protein
Tofu
Yakidofu
Yuba

May Contain Soy:

Artificial flavoring
Natural flavoring
Hydrolyzed plant or vegetable protein
Most Asian cuisines
Vegetable broth, vegetable gum or starch-----

Should be safe:

Soy oil or vegetable oil that is highly refined or purified
Soy lecithin

Egg

All FDA-regulated manufactured food products that contain milk as an ingredient are required by U.S. law to list the word “egg” on the product label.
Individuals with egg allergy should also avoid eggs from duck, turkey, goose, quail, etc., as these are known to be cross-reactive with chicken egg.

Ingredients containing soy on food labels:

Anything containing the word "egg"
Albumin
Apovitellin
Cholesterol free egg substitute (e.g. Eggbeaters®)
Eggnog
Fat substitutes
Globulin
Livetin
Lysozyme
Mayonnaise
Meringue, meringue powder
Ovalbumin
Ovoglobulin
Ovomucin
Ovomucoid
Ovotransferrin
Ovovitelia
Ovovitellin
Silici albuminate
Simplesse
Trailblazer
Vitellin

May Contain Egg:

Artificial flavoring
Natural flavoring
Baked goods
Macaroni
Marzipan
Nougat
Pasta
Lecithin
Nougat

Wheat

All FDA-regulated manufactured food products that contain wheat as an ingredient are required by U.S. law to list the word “wheat” on the product label.

Ingredients containing wheat on food labels:

Flour and types of flour
Bread, couscous, crackers, noodles, pasta----
Bran Bulgur
Cereal extract
Club wheat
Common wheat
Durum wheat
Einkorn
Emmer
Farina
Fu
Germ
Gluten
Kamut
Macaroni
Malt, malt extract
Matzo, matzoh, matzah or matsoh
Pasta
Seitan
Semolina
Spelt
Tabbouleh
Triticale
Triticum
Triticosecale
Vital gluten
Wheat, wheat berries, wheat bran, wheat germ, wheat gluten, wheat grass, wheat malt, wheat starch, wheat sprouts
Whole wheat berries
Whole wheat bread

May Contain Wheat:

Artificial flavoring, natural flavoring
Caramel color
Dextrin, maltodextrin
Food starch (gelatinized starch, modified food starch, vegetable starch)
Hydrolyzed or textured vegetable protein
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Oats
Shoyu sauce, soy sauce, tamari, teriyaki
Surimi
Vegetable gum

Peanut

All FDA-regulated manufactured food products that contain peanut as an ingredient are required by U.S. law to list the word “peanut” on the product label.

Ingredients containing peanut on food labels:

Anything with the word "peanut"-------
Arachis oil
Arachis
Artificial nuts
Beer nuts
Boiled peanuts
Crushed nuts
Earth nuts
Goobers
Ground nuts
Hypogaeic acid
Mandelonas
Mixed nuts
Monkey nuts
Nu nuts flavored nuts
Nut pieces
Nutmeat
Peanut oil (cold pressed, extruded-or-expelled)

May Contain Peanuts:

Artificial flavoring
Natural flavoring
Hydrolyzed plant protein
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
African, Asian (especially Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese), and Mexican dishes
Baked goods (e.g., pastries, cookies)
Candy (including chocolate candy)
Chili
Egg rolls
Enchilada sauce
Marzipan
Mole sauce
Nougat

Should be safe:

Purified or highly refined peanut oil

Tree nuts

All FDA-regulated manufactured food products that contain a tree nut as an ingredient are required by U.S. law to list the specific tree nut on the product label.

Ingredients containing tree-nut on food labels:

Almond
Beechnut
Brazil nut
Bush nut
Cashew
Anacardium nuts
Chestnut
Chinquapin
Coconut
Hazelnut
Filbert
Nutella ®
Ginko nut
Ginko biloba
Hickory nut
Lichee nut
Lychee nut
Macadamia nut
Macadamia nut butter
Marzipan
Nangai nut
Pecan
Pralines
Pine nut (piñon, pinyon, pigndi, pigñolia, pignon nuts)
Pistachio
Shea nut
Walnut
Butter nut
Japanese walnut
Heartnut
Hickory nut
Natural nut extract (for example,
almond extract)
Nougat
Nu-Nuts®
Nut butters (e.g., Cashew butter as-well as other nut oils)
Nut meal
Nutmeat
Nut milks (e.g., Almond milk)
Nut oils (e.g., Walnut oil as well as other nut oils)
Nut paste
Nut pieces

May Contain Tree-nuts:

Natural flavoring
Artificial flavoring
Black walnut hull extract (flavoring)
Nut distillates/alcoholic extracts
Mortadella deli meat (may contain pistachios)

Should be safe:

Water chestnut

Seafood

"Seafood" includes:
- Vertebrate finned fish
  - Salmon, tuna, cod, bass, swordfish, etc.
- Shellish
  - Crustaceans - All FDA-regulated manufactured food products that contain a crustacean shellfish as an ingredient are required by U.S. law to list the specific crustacean shellfish on the product label.
    - Barnacle
    - Crab
    - Crawfish (crawdad, crayfish, ecrevisse)
    - Krill
    - Lobster (langouste, langoustine, Moreton bay bugs, scampi, tomalley)
    - Prawns
    - Shrimp (crevette, scampi)
  - Mollusks - Not considered major allergens under food labeling laws and may not be fully disclosed on a product label.
    - Abalone
    - Clams (cherrystone, geoduck, littleneck, pismo, quahog)
    - Cockle
    - Cuttlefish
    - Limpet (lapas, opihi)
    - Mussels
    - Octopus
    - Oysters
    - Periwinkle
    - Scallops
    - Sea cucumber
    - Sea urchin
    - Snails (escargot)
    - Squid (calamari)
    - Whelk (Turban shell)
  - Shellfish are sometimes found in the following:
    - Bouillabaisse
    - Cuttlefish ink
    - Fish stock
    - Glucosamine seafood flavoring (e.g., crab or clam extract)
    - Surimi

General precautions
- Avoid cross contamination:
  - Seafood counters, restaurants, shared restaurant equipment (especially fryers)
  - Contact with contaminated saliva through kissing or sharing of utensils.
- Aerosolized seafood allergens — can be vaporized or released in steam during cooking, reactions may occur from being near cooking fish or in fish markets.
- Read food labels:
  - All major food allergens except mollusks are required to be listed on food ingredient labels.
  - Fish gelatin is a food additive derived from fish skin
  - Some individuals with fish allergy may tolerate fish oil supplements
  - Medications, various health foods, and cosmetics may have ingredients derived from seafood, and labeling of non-food items is not strictly regulated.
  - Fish products can be used as clarifying (or fining) agents in the manufacture of some wines. However, available studies indicate that residual fining agents are unlikely to cause allergic reactions in fish allergic individuals.

Sesame Seeds

Avoid foods that contain:

Anything with the word "sesame"--
Anjonjoli
Benne
Gingelly
Gomasio (sesame salt)
Falafel
Falafel vegetable burgers
Halvah
Hummus
Seed paste
Sesame seed
Sesame seed oil
Sesamol
Sesemolina
Sesamum indicum
Sim sim
Simsin
Tahini (Tehina)
Til
Teel
Turkish cake

Foods that commonly contain sesame:

Appetizers
Asian food
Biscuits
Baked goods such as bagels, bread, buns, rolls, pastries
Candy
Chutneys
Confection bars
Crackers
Gluten free foods
Middle Eastern food
Muesli
Processed meats
Risotto
Sauces
Sausages
Snack foods such as trail mix, granola bars, protein bars, pita chips
Veggie burgers

Corn

Not a common food allergen
No detectable corn protein in:
- Corn syrup (also known as glucose syrup)
- Corn syrup solids
- Glucose, dextrose, maltodextrin
- Corn oil
- High fructose corn syrup
Corn starch can contain up to 40 ppm (mcg/g) of corn protein and is probably tolerated by most individuals with IgE-mediated corn allergy
- Baking powder contains corn starch, but the amount of baking powder used in a product is small and the amount of corn starch would be even smaller, therefore, the amount of corn protein would be undetectable in a serving

Avoidance During Air Travel

The following actions may significantly decrease the risk of in-flight reactions:
- Request any special accommodation due to allergy
- Request a peanut/tree nut–free meal
- Wipe tray table
- Avoid airline pillows or blankets
- Request a buffer zone
- Request other passengers not consume peanut/tree nut–containing products
- Not consuming airline-provided food