Nut Allergies

Ah so I took all three of my children to the allergist only to find out two have Nut Allergies. I thought oh my! I need to find a way to let others know. I found this site that translates your allergies other languages in case you travel. I decided I would make my own tags for my children just in case they weren’t able to communicate their allergy or the person they were with didn’t understand that nuts are everywhere and may not be as easy to spot as you would think.

I have three children and two are allergic to nuts. I know that most people can recognize the obvious appearance of nuts but most do not know that non obvious names for nuts. I also like having the tags laminated on my children’s bags just in case I forget to tell the people who take care of my children or if there is a new teacher. I send my children to a nut free school but you never know. I have make a card for you to place in a lunch box or a wallet. You can see the top 5 Allergies.

Get our set of printable  Allergy Cards with all the nuts listed!  Print out and laminate.

 Nut Allergies

I am not a doctor nor do I play one on the internet I did my best to include all the nut and nut words on the cards. You can have a real doctor check my work!

Here is a list of the Tree Nuts to avoid if you have Nut Allergies
Almond
Beechnut
Brazil nut
Bush nut
Butternut
Cashew
Chestnut
Coconut
Filbert
Ginko nut
Hazelnut
Hickory nut
Lichee nut
Macadamia nut
Nangai nut
Pecan
Pine nut
Pistachio
Shea nut
Walnut

Complete list of tree nut names, botanical names and derivative names for tree nuts:

Almond
Almond paste
Anacardium nuts
Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae) [botanical name, Cashew]
Artificial nuts
Beech nut
Brazil nut
Bertholletia excelsa (Lecythidaceae) [botanical name, Brazil nut]
Bush nut
Butternut
Butyrospermum Parkii [botanical name, Shea nut]
Canarium ovatum Engl. in A. DC. (Burseraceae) [botanical name, Pili nut]
Caponata
Carya illinoensis (Juglandaceae) [botanical name, Pecan]
Carya spp. (Juglandaceae) [botanical name, Hickory nut]
Cashew
Castanea pumila (Fagaceae) [botanical name, Chinquapin]
Castanea spp. (Fagaceae) [botanical name, Chestnut (Chinese, American, European, Seguin)]
Chestnut (Chinese, American, European, Seguin)
Chinquapin
Coconut
Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)) [botanical name, Coconut]
Corylus spp. (Betulaceae) [botanical name, Filbert/hazelnut]
Filbert
Fagus spp. (Fagaceae) [botanical name, beech nut]
Gianduja
Ginko nut
Ginkgo biloba L. (Ginkgoaceae) [botanical name, Ginko nut]
Hazelnut
Heartnut
Hickory nut
Indian nut
Juglans cinerea (Juglandaceae) [botanical name, Butternut]
Juglans spp. (Juglandaceae) [botanical name, Walnut, Butternut, Heartnut]
Karite (shea nut)
Lichee nut
Litchi chinensis Sonn. Sapindaceae [botanical name, Lichee nut]
Lychee nut
Macadamia nut
Macadamia spp. (Proteaceae) [botanical name, Macadamia nut/Bush nut]
Mandelonas
Marzipan
Mashuga nuts
Nangai nuts
Natural and artificial flavoring
Natural nut extract (for example, almond extract)
Nougat
Nu-Nuts®
Nut butters (e.g., Almond butter, Hazelnut butter, Brazil nut butter, Macadamia nut butter, Pistachio nut butter, Shea nut butter, Karike butter, as well as other nut butters)
Nut meal
Nutella ®
Nutmeat
Nut oil (e.g., Walnut oil as well as other nut oils)
Nut paste
Nut pieces
Pecan
Pesto
Pigñolia
Pili nut
Pine nut
Pine nut (Indian, piñon, pinyon, pigndi, pigñolia, pignon nuts)
Pinon nut
Piñon or Piñon nut
Pinus spp. (Pineaceae) [botanical name, Pine nut/piñon nut]
Pistachio
Pistacia vera L. (Anacardiaceae) [botanical name, Pistachio]
Pralines
Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae) [bontanical name, almond]
Shea nut
Sheanut
Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. (Sapotaceae) [botanical name, Shea nut]
Walnut (English, Persian, Black, Japanese, California)

It is really important to add these to your label so people will know.

Here is a set of  Allergy Cards with all the nuts listed   for you to print out and laminate.

 Topic: Nut Allergies