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      Egg Allergy Diet for Children

      General guidelines for egg allergy

      The key to an allergy-free diet is to not feed your child foods or products containing the food that causes a reaction. The items that your child is allergic to are called allergens.

      Eggs are a commonly used food that may cause food sensitivity reactions. If your child has an egg sensitivity, it may not be hard to remove visible eggs from their diet. But you may not be aware of the many food products that contain eggs. Not all foods (or other products such as cosmetics) that contain eggs are covered by the Federal Food Allergen Labeling law. The makers of these foods and products are not required to state if eggs are in the product. To eliminate foods that contain eggs, you must read food labels. The following list may not include all foods that contain eggs. But it can help guide you in making food choices.

      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

      How to read a label for an egg-free diet

      Don't have foods that contain any of the following ingredients:

      • Albumin

      • Egg whites

      • Egg yolk

      • Dried egg

      • Egg powder

      • Egg solids

      • Egg substitutes

      • Eggnog

      • Fat substitutes made with egg

      • Globulin

      • Livetin

      • Lysozyme (used in Europe)

      • Mayonnaise

      • Meringue

      • Ovalbumin

      • Ovomucin

      • Ovomucoid

      • Ovovitellin

      • Surimi

      Other possible sources of eggs or egg products

      • Lecithin

      • Macaroni

      • Marzipan

      • Marshmallows

      • Nougat

      • Pasta 

      • A shiny glaze or yellow baked good may mean egg

      • Fat substitutes made from either egg or milk protein

      • Egg whites and egg shells may be used as clarifying agents in soup stocks, consommés, bouillons, and coffees.

      Be careful when having these products.

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