Tree Nut-Free
DC-112
Section 1: Allergy & Intolerances
Compendium Definition
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Note: n/a
Caution: xxxx
Vegetables
Allowed
- all pure vegetables and their juices
NOT allowed:
- any vegetable or fruit dish or beverage made with tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
Fruit
Allowed
- all pure fruit and their juices
NOT allowed:
- any fruit dish or beverage made with tree nuts &/or tree nuts oils
Salads
Allowed
- salads with allowed ingredients
NOT allowed:
- salads containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils (eg. Waldorf salad)
Grain Products
Allowed
- bread, buns and other baked goods made without tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- plain Cream of Wheat®
- plain oatmeal
NOT allowed:
- bread, buns and other baked goods made with tree nuts or tree nut oils (e.g. cakes, muffins, pancakes, waffles, fritters, doughnuts, pastries)
- baking mixes containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- cereals, flavoured oatmeal and muesli containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- crackers containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
Milk & Alternatives
Allowed
- plain milk, whole, 2%, 1%, skim
- buttermilk
NOT allowed:
- milk and alternative products containing tree nuts: almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts (filberts), macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachio nuts and walnuts (and all corresponding tree nut oils)
- flavoured ice cream, yogurt, flavoured milks, milkshakes containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- dessert toppings containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- cheese spreads or cheese balls containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
Meat & Alternatives
Allowed
- all pure, fresh, frozen or canned meat, poultry and fish
- plain tofu
- all pure legumes such as dried peas, beans, and lentils
- plain eggs
- peanuts and peanut butter, if not allergic
NOT allowed:
- processed meats containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- meat, poultry and fish dishes made with tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- egg dishes prepared with oils or nuts of undisclosed sources
Soups
Allowed
- all soups made with allowed ingredients
NOT allowed:
- soups made with tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
Oils & Fats
Allowed
- butter, cream, sour cream
- margarine made from allowed oils
- lard
- meat drippings
- all other oils and fats made with allowed ingredients
NOT allowed:
- Nutella® or other chocolate spreads containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- nut butters containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils (e.g. almond butter, cashew butter)
- salad dressings containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- gravies or sauces containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- pesto containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- barbeque sauces containing tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- margarine containing tree nut oils or oils of undisclosed sources
- any oil product made with undisclosed oils
Desserts & Sweets
Allowed
- all desserts and sweets made with allowed products
NOT allowed:
- any dessert, frozen dessert or sweet made with tree nuts &/or tree nut oils.
- any dessert containing marzipan
- pralines
- chocolate nut spreads that contain tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- nougat
- any candy bar, chocolate bar, boxed chocolates or granola bar made with tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- any snack food, e.g. trail mix made with tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
Fluids
Allowed
- all fluids made with allowed ingredients
NOT allowed:
- fluids made with tree nuts &/or tree nut oils (examples of fluids that may contain tree nut products are: flavoured coffees, milk shakes, flavoured milk beverages
Miscellaneous
Allowed
- all pure spices and herbs made without tree nuts &/or tree nut oils
- artificial flavourings made with ingredients allowed
NOT allowed:
- natural extracts and flavourings that contain tree nuts &/or tree nut oils (e.g. pure almond extract)
- any product containing oils or nuts of undisclosed sources
References:
Government of Canada, Health Canada: Tree Nuts: Priority food allergens, 2017