1.2 Top 14 food allergens in the UK
In the first activity for this week, you will think about food allergens.
Activity 1 Food allergens in the food we eat
Make a list of what you think the main food allergens are. (Hint: look at Figure 1 to help you.) Click ‘Save’ when you are satisfied with what you have written.
Answer
The top 14 food allergens are:
- celery
- cereals containing gluten
- crustaceans
- eggs
- fish
- lupin
- milk
- molluscs
- mustard
- nuts
- peanuts
- sesame seeds
- soya
- sulfur dioxide (sometimes known as sulfites).