am having a small pity party...anyone wanna join me.

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DD 15yrs had allergic reaction to kiwi fruit. something she has eaten loads of times before. (hospital, steriods usual story)

currently under investigation for soya and milk allergies, has all environmental allergies.

son has auto injectors since he was 2 , now 17 with long list of allergies.

I hate allergies.

Yes, we probably eat out a couple of times a month. DS has allergies to milk, egg, nuts, sesame, chickpeas and lentils and we carry an epipen. We mostly stuck to chain places such as Nandos where they can bring you a book that contains the allergen listing for each item on the menu. Or he has some kind of meat and chips like BB.

Chinese and Indian food is a big no no for us though. Far too risky.

We eat out the bigger chains with allergy menus. Nandos is good and also Wagama.

trixy, one of my worries about travelling abroad is that I may not be able to translate some of the things on food labels. E.g. DD has to carry an epipen due to the severity of her milk allergy but dairy can be labelled whey, lactose, cassien etc. and I worry that I wouldn't spot that in another language.It sounds a stupid question but have you found that's not an issue because other countries have good free from ranges?

Teapig, most places we have been have had good free from ranges. In Spain I found oat, rice and soya milk and loads of soya yoghurts and puddings. France had loads of soya and gluten free stuff.

What makes it easier is that in other countries yiu find that a lot of products have ingredients listings in many languages, more than you'd find here.

Also if you mostly stick to basic stuff like meat, olive oil fruitand veg rsther than buying processed then you'll be fine anyway.

Thanks trixy, that's good to know.