Tree nut allergy
In the body: An allergy is the immune system reacting to the food.
Not rated by dose: a flag on 7 reviewed foods, among them Cashews, raw, roasted almonds and Walnuts, raw. The list below has a line for each of 8 preparations.
For some people. Allergies, medicines and medical conditions: a flag for the people the source names, no wider.
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
7 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 8 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
Almond butterWorth knowing
Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Almonds are named among the tree nuts of the Health Canada priority food allergens
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Almond drink, unsweetened, fortifiedWorth knowing
Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Flagged for people with a tree-nut allergy: almond is one of Health Canada's priority tree-nut allergens. This is a flag, not a dose calculation.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: not stated in the draft
Almonds, dry-roastedWorth knowing
Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Almonds are named among the tree nuts of the Health Canada priority food allergens
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Almonds, rawWorth knowing
Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Almonds are named among the tree nuts of the Health Canada priority food allergens
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Brazil nuts, rawWorth knowing
Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Brazil nuts are a Health Canada priority tree nut allergen: flagged for people with a tree nut allergy.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Cashews, rawWorth knowing
Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Cashews are a Health Canada priority tree nut allergen: flagged for people with a tree nut allergy.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Pistachios, dry-roastedWorth knowing
Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Pistachio is a Health Canada priority tree nut allergen: flagged for people with a tree nut allergy. (Cashew and pistachio are botanical relatives of the same family, Anacardiaceae, and cross-react clinically; not sourced here.)
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: person-specific
Walnuts, rawWorth knowing
Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Walnuts are a Health Canada priority tree nut allergen: flagged for people with a tree nut allergy (some are allergic to more than one tree nut).
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) - Health Canada, Tree Nuts - Priority food allergens
hc-tree-nuts-priority-allergens· page · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright; not OGL)