Is coconut actually a nut?

[jellyjelly]

Ds cant eat nuts but have a coconut i got this morning but it is a nut?

i asked dh this question and he said duh cocoNUT and you know what i still don't know

Yeah well that was what i thought but maybe it isnt. Lets wait and see if the men are wrong.

From Foods standard agency "nuts, and other foods called nuts such as pine nut, coconut & chestnut"
So it looks like it's not an actual nut, rather a large seed (more FSA guff).
Anyway - ask him if a wing-nut is a nut then. Or a ginger nut biscuit. (you can tell I drive DH spare can't you)

lol i think the ginger nut one, will use that one for sure

Jellyjelly ... my son is also allergic to nuts but was never tested for coconut - which isn't actually a nut. Our consultant told us to try him with a little coconut but have his piriton/epipen ready just incase. He was absolutely fine and now I can use it in baking (again) and also use coconut milk. To be on the safe side, if I were you, I'd check with your Dr before letting him try it - you know what Drs are like - one will tell you one thing (mine!) and another something different (maybe yours). Let us know how you get on. HTH

i used to have a nut allergy (dissapeared after ds was bonr???!!!) and i used to be able to have coconut. Apparently it has that name because of the shape.

I would have meds ready just in case or try it whilst sat in A&E lol!

dd is allergic to peanuts but is fine with coconut, she wasn't even tested for it at allergy clinic, only other 'proper nuts'

No - I have an nut allergy and have always been told that a coconut is not a nut.

no it's a seed apparently,I was told this at a anaphylaxis meeting the other week.

so what's the difference between a seed and a nut?

ntt you are almost a nutt

V true!

Does anyone know what the difference is then?

a seed is the bit of the plant that can grow into a new plant. so all nuts are seeds, i think. not sure what the difference is from an allergy point of view, though.

PeaNUTS aren't nuts. So the names means nothing very much.

Don't know if that helps but there we are...