Nut Allergy Veterans - Christmas Foods to Avoid

[MissWooWoo]

This will be our first christmas since dd had her first reaction to nuts. She is allergic to peanuts, walnuts and brazil nuts but we have been told to avoid all nuts. We allow her to eat "may contain traces" and "made in a factory that uses nut ingredients" on advice of her allergy specialist.

Apart from the obvious - no nuts - are there any particular products/foods that have "hidden" nuts or are likely to use nuts in their ingredients that I might not be aware of that get wheeled out at christmas? She's only 4yrs old so booze isn't an issue (!)

Ferrero Rocher
Praline chocolates
Cadburys Roses - hazel whirl, hazel caramel
Quality Street - the purple one, the green triangle (noisette)
Christmas cake (marzipan)
Christmas pudding (nuts in some brands?)
Chestnut stuffing
Nut loaf

Any advice/things to keep an eye on would be a big help

TIA

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TBH I would start by viewing all Christmas cake/biscuit/chocolates as potential nut havens as marzipan gets added to a lot of things. Vet them all.

We found the specialty German /Danish biscuits were the worst - almonds in the lot. Also in Toblerone, which for some reason is a Christmas thing in our family.

The other thing to be aware of esp. if your daughter is young, is that Christmas is the time that bowls of nuts (shelled or unshelled) seem to appear in everyone's houses. When ds1 was small I used to do a tour of inspection in each room when visiting.

Most chocolates could be contaminated unless Kinnerton as they use the same machinery for items containing nuts.

Christmas cake/pudding/biscuits as they may have whole nuts or marzipan.

Mince pies - mincemeat often has nuts.

as you say - stuffing,

Mince pies. Stollen. Practically any "luxury" version of normal cakes. Christmas is a bit of a nightmare, tbc.

Quality Street, Celebrations etc - people often have them out on sideboards - as well as bowls of nuts as mentioned above. Make sure your DD knows what nuts in shells look like, if she's old enough.

On the positive side, it's a useful time of year to let her have a look at nuts in shells in the supermarket, since there will be plenty around. Get her used to what they look like - and also that she shouldn't pick them up .

Watch out for relatives that like to serve traditional dishes that contain nuts. My mum is quite keen on Chestnut Stuffing, but has reluctantly accepted that she can't have it while we're there.

yes no chestnuts in our brussels this year for us either - not that dd eats either anyhow

I'm going to make my own mincepies - looks like Robinsons Mincemeat is nut free, again I doubt she'll eat any but I'd like her to have the option at least should she fancy.

I think at this stage it's chocolates that pose the biggest threat but I'll be doing the usual and taking a few things with me. She's quite good at asking me first if she can have something, it's just that what with the excitement she might forget. I'm sure everything will be fine, I just need to not get completely hammered be extra vigilent

As a veteran of 40+ years the easy way is to say NO!
I don't eat any cake,pudding (even if nut free),pie or stuffing unless cooked by me.
There are plenty of recipes out there for nut free alternatives.

Most Xmas puddings have nuts in but oddly enough I tend to find that the ones with no alcohol often have no nuts too - no idea why this should be. I agree with others about being very careful about any chocolates/cakes/biscuits etc as so many contain nuts, particularly at this time of year for some reason. I find it odd that people who don't generally eat nuts the rest of the year suddenly feel an urge to stuff themselves full of the things at Xmas! And why do food manufacturers feel the need to stick nuts in virtually everything at Xmas including foods that don't have nuts in them at any other time?