Peanut Free
DC-107
Section 1: Allergy & Intolerances
Compendium Definition
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Note:
Read labels to make sure.
Avoid any foods with the statement “Contains peanuts” or “May contain: peanuts” or similar
wording on the label.
Caution: xxxx
Vegetables
Allowed
- all vegetables and their juices
NOT allowed:
- vegetables canned in undisclosed oil
- vegetable dishes containing peanuts, peanut oil, unknown nuts or oil
Fruit
Allowed
- all fruits and their juices
NOT allowed:
- fruit dishes containing peanuts, peanut oil, unknown nuts or oil
Salads
Allowed
- salads without peanuts, peanut oil or unknown oil
NOT allowed:
- salads containing peanuts, peanut oil, unknown nuts or oil
Grain Products
Allowed
- bread, buns, baked goods free from peanuts and peanut oil
- dried pasta
- plain cooked grains, plain oatmeal
- ready-to-eat cereals, homemade granola without peanuts
- regular Cream of Wheat
NOT allowed:
- commercial or homemade baked goods made with peanuts, peanut oil, undisclosed sources of nuts, oil or shortening, baking mixes
- ready-to-eat cereals with unknown added oils and nuts, granola
Milk & Alternatives
Allowed
- milk, cream, sour cream, plain yogurt, plain cheese
- dips made with allowed ingredients
NOT allowed:
- cheese slices, dips, spreads and cheese balls containing nuts or undisclosed ingredients
Meat & Alternatives
Allowed
- fresh or frozen meat, poultry or fish
- grill, roasted meat, poultry, fish
- fish canned in broth, water, non-peanut oils
- plain eggs
- pure legumes except peanuts
- tofu
- packaged plain, pure nuts/seeds
- pure nuts and seed oils and their butters (almond, cashew, sesame tahini butter)
NOT allowed:
- Chinese or Thai dishes, egg rolls
- commercial chili
- fish canned in undisclosed oils
- meat, poultry, fish, egg, legume dishes made with peanut or undisclosed nuts or oils, vegetarian burgers and other meat substitutes unless labeled “peanut free”
- peanut butter, oil, flour, protein
- artificial, goober, mandalona and mixed nuts, goober peas
- hydrolyzed peanut protein
- nuts and oils of undisclosed origin
- nuts from bulk bins even when labeled ‘peanut free’
Soups
Allowed
- homemade meat, poultry, vegetable soup stocks
NOT allowed:
- some dried, packaged soup mixes (may contain peanut oil)
Oils & Fats
Allowed
- butter, cream, lard, meat drippings, gravy made with meat drippings, pure vegetable, nut or seed oil from specified source
- homemade salad dressings and sauces without peanuts or peanut oil
NOT allowed:
- peanut oil
- salad dressings made with unknown oil source
- margarine unless oil source is known and is peanut-free
Desserts & Sweets
Allowed
- ice cream made without nuts
- homemade desserts, cookies, cakes and muffins with allowed ingredients
- molasses, maple and corn syrup, plain sugar and honey, pure chocolate and cocoa
NOT allowed:
- ice cream flavoured with nut, chocolate, milk-based confectionaries unless labeled “peanut free”
- chocolate with unknown ingredients, chocolate bars, cookies, candies, marzipan
Fluids
Allowed
- tea, herbal tea, coffee
- fruit Juices
- carbonated beverages
- Boost® or Ensure® nutritional supplements
NOT allowed:
- eggnog, milkshakes, malted and chocolate drinks may contain oils of unknown origin
Miscellaneous
Allowed
- pure herbs and spices
- ketchup, mustard, relish, soy sauce, Tabasco sauce®, vinegar
NOT allowed:
- seasoning packets with undisclosed ingredients
- garlic or sun-dried tomatoes packed in undisclosed oil
References:
Government of Canada – Health Canada, “Peanuts – A priority food allergens”, 2017
Dietitians of Canada – Practice Based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN), “Peanut Free Diet”, 2012