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The Milk and Egg Allergies Section

Hidden Egg

Allergen

Where It Hides

Alternate Names

Eggs
  • baked goods, e.g. cookies, cakes
  • challah and gluten-free bread
  • crackers
  • fat replacers (e.g. Simplesse)
  • meat products with fillers like meatballs or meatloaf
  • nougats, marzipan candy
  • pasta (fresh but also some dried pasta “may contain” eggs)
  • quiche, soufflé
  • salad dressing, creamy dressings
  • sauces, for example, Béarnaise, hollandaise, Newburg, tartar
  • eggnog, whiskey sour
  • fish mixtures (surimi) used inimitation crab and lobster meat
  • foam and milk toppings on coffee
  • anasthetic, for example Diprivan (propofol)
  • some vaccines (e.g. flu vaccine; speak to allergist re safety)
  • craft materials
  • hair-care products
  • medications
  • albumin/albumen-conalbumin-globulin
  • livetin
  • lysozyme
  • ovo (means egg), for example, ovalbumin, ovomucin, ovotransferrin
  • silico-albuminate
  • vitellin



Sources:
-ImmunoCAP
-Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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