AVOID foods that contain nuts or any of these ingredients:

Almonds

Brazil nuts

Caponata

Cashews

Chestnuts

Filberts/Hazelnuts

Gianduja (a creamy mixture of chocolate and chopped toasted nuts found in premium or imported chocolate)

Hickory nuts

Macadamia nuts

Marzipan/almond paste

Nougat

Nu-Nuts ® artificial nuts

Nut butters, i.e. cashew butter, almond butter

Nut oil

Nut paste, i.e. almond paste

Pecans

Pesto

Pine nuts (pignolia, pinyon nuts)

Pistachios

Walnuts

• Nu-Nuts ® artificial nuts are peanuts that have been deflavored and reflavored with a nut like pecan or walnut
• Avoid natural extracts such as pure almond extract and natural wintergreen extract (for filbert/hazelnut allergy)
• Use imitation or artificially flavored extracts.
• Mortadella may contain pistachios.
• Ethnic foods, commercially prepared baked goods, and candy can be cross-contaminated with nuts since nuts are frequently used in these types of foods. Tree nuts are being added to an increasing variety of foods such as barbecue sauces, cereals, crackers and ice creams.