Peanut allergy
In the body: An allergy is the immune system reacting to the food.
Not rated by dose: a flag on 2 reviewed foods, among them roasted peanuts and Peanut butter, smooth. The list below has a line for each of 3 preparations.
For some people. Allergies, medicines and medical conditions: a flag for the people the source names, no wider.
See also: Introducing peanut early to infants
The reference value and where it comes from
- The agency’s figureno agency dose value
- Basispriority allergen
- Source ?Health Canada, priority allergens
Reviewed foods that carry it
2 reviewed foods carry it; none is rated by dose. A food counts once, as in the foods list: preparations sharing a page (raw and cooked, canned) count once; one with its own page counts apart. Below, one line for each of 3 preparations.
How often you can eat it ?
No food here is rated by dose. Each line says why it’s listed: a flag for the people the source names, advice on handling it, or context.
Flags and context, not rated by dose
Peanut butter, smoothWorth knowing
Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Peanuts are a Health Canada priority food allergen: flagged for people with a peanut allergy.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Peanuts, dry-roastedWorth knowing
Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Peanuts are a Health Canada priority food allergen: flagged for people with a peanut allergy.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Peanuts, rawWorth knowing
Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Peanuts are a Health Canada priority food allergen: flagged for people with a peanut allergy.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Sources
- Health Canada, Common food allergens (priority allergens list)
hc-priority-allergens· page · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright; not OGL)