Egg Allergy Diet for Children

Foods

Allowed

Not allowed

Breads & starches

Plain enriched white, whole-wheat, rye bread, or buns (without egg products and not brushed with egg for glazing)

Biscuits made from egg-free baking powder

Crackers and homemade breads made with allowed ingredients

Most cereals and grains, such as rice

Commercially made pancakes, waffles, donuts, and muffins

Zwieback, soda crackers, bread crumbs, and pretzels

Egg noodles or pasta

Baking mixes, fritter batter or batter-fried foods, French toast

Fried rice containing eggs

Any commercial bread or bread product made with egg products or brushed with egg for glazing

Vegetables

All fresh, frozen, dried, or canned

Any vegetables made in a casserole or with sauces or breading that contain eggs in any form (such as hollandaise sauce, vegetable soufflé, or batter-fried vegetables)

Fruit

Fresh, frozen, dried, or canned fruits and juices

Any fruit served with a sauce containing egg, such as custard sauce

Fruit whips

Meat, meat substitutes & eggs

Baked, broiled, boiled, or roasted beef, veal, pork, ham, chicken, turkey, lamb, fish, or organ meats

Meats breaded and fried with egg-free breading

Eggs in any form, from any animal including egg powders, or commercial egg substitutes

Soufflés

Commercially breaded meats, fish, or poultry

Meatballs, meat loaf, croquettes, some sausages

Milk & milk products

Whole, low-fat or skim milk, buttermilk

Cheese, cottage cheese, or yogurt

Malted milk powder, eggnog, malted drinks, boiled custard, protein drinks that have egg, egg products, or egg protein

Pudding, custard, or ice cream

Soups & combination foods

Soup or broth made with allowed ingredients

Any stock cleared with egg (consommé, broth, bouillon)

Turtle or mock turtle soup, egg drop soup, any soup with egg noodles or macaroni

Prepared entrees or combination foods that contain eggs in any form

Desserts & sweets

Gelatin, fruit crisp, popsicles, fruit ice

Homemade desserts made with allowed ingredients

Hard candy

Cakes, cookies, cream-filled pies, meringues, whips, custard, pudding, ice cream, sherbet

Chocolate candy made with cream or fondant fillings, marshmallow candy, divinity, fudge, icing or frostings, chocolate sauce

Dessert powders

Pie crust or jelly beans brushed with egg whites

Fat-free desserts made with an egg-based fat substitute

Fats & oils

Butter, margarine, vegetable oil, shortening, cream gravy, oil & vinegar dressing, eggless mayonnaise, bacon

Salad dressings and mayonnaise (unless egg-free)

Tartar sauce

Fat-free products made with an egg-based fat substitute

Beverages

Water, fruit juice, fruit drinks

Tea

Carbonated drinks

Root beer, wine, or coffee if clarified with egg

Condiments & miscellaneous

Sugar, honey, jam, jelly

Salt, spices

Cream sauces made with eggs

Hollandaise sauce, tartar sauce, marshmallow sauce

Baking powder containing egg white or egg albumin

Any product made with an egg-based fat substitute