Clear, sourced guidance for food-allergy families.
Calm, carefully cited answers about allergens, cross-reactivity, and reading labels, plus the recalls that matter this week. Find your child’s allergen below. Every guide opens with what actually matters first.
Works with label words too: casein finds milk, tahini finds sesame.
- Allergen guideAlmond allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideAvocado allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideBrazil nut allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideCashew allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideCelery allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideChickpea allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideClam allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideCod allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideCrab allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideCrayfish allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideEgg allergyWhere it hides
- CategoryFish (all 3 guides)
- Allergen guideHazelnut allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideLentil allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideLobster allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideLupin allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideMacadamia allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideMilk allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideMussel allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideMustard allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideOctopus allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideOyster allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guidePea allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guidePeanut allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guidePecan allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guidePine nut allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guidePistachio allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideSalmon allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideScallop allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideSesame allergyWhere it hides
- CategoryShellfish (all 10 guides)
- Allergen guideShrimp allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideSoy allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideSquid (calamari) allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideSunflower seed allergyWhere it hides
- CategoryTree nuts (all 9 guides)
- Allergen guideTuna allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideWalnut allergyWhere it hides
- Allergen guideWheat allergyWhere it hides
The nine most common allergens
- MilkWhere it hides
- EggWhere it hides
- PeanutWhere it hides
- Tree nuts
- Fish
- Shellfish
- WheatWhere it hides
- SoyWhere it hides
- SesameWhere it hides
Every other allergen we cover (8 more)
Cross-reactivity guides
A different question from “which allergen.” If your child reacts to one food, these explain what else genuinely travels with it, what only looks alarming on a test, and the shared-protein reason why. Browse all →
By food family
- Food familyCrustacean shellfish cross-reactivity
- Food familyFinned fish cross-reactivity
- Food familyGluten and grain cross-reactivity
- Food familyLegume cross-reactivity
- Food familyMollusc cross-reactivity
- Food familySeed cross-reactivity
- Food familyTree nut cross-reactivity
By shared protein or syndrome
- Shared proteinAlpha-gal syndrome and mammalian meat
- Shared proteinFish parvalbumin cross-reactivity
- Shared proteinLTP syndrome (lipid transfer protein cross-reactivity)
- Shared proteinOral allergy syndrome (birch pollen and PR-10 proteins)
- Shared proteinSeed storage protein cross-reactivity
- Shared proteinTropomyosin: shellfish, dust mite, and insect cross-reactivity
- Shared proteinWheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA)