The key to an allergy-free diet is to not feed your child foods or products containing
the food that causes a reaction. The items that your child is allergic to are called
allergens.
Eggs are a commonly used food that may cause food sensitivity reactions. If your child
has an egg sensitivity, it may not be hard to remove visible eggs from their diet.
But you may not be aware of the many food products that contain eggs. Not all foods
(or other products such as cosmetics) that contain eggs are covered by the Federal
Food Allergen Labeling law. The makers of these foods and products are not required
to state if eggs are in the product. To eliminate foods that contain eggs, you must
read food labels. The following list may not include all foods that contain eggs.
But it can help guide you in making food choices.
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Foods
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Allowed
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Not allowed
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Breads & starches
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Plain enriched white, whole-wheat, rye bread, or buns (without egg products and not
brushed with egg for glazing)
Biscuits made from egg-free baking powder
Crackers and homemade breads made with allowed ingredients
Most cereals and grains, such as rice
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Commercially made pancakes, waffles, doughnuts, and muffins
Zwieback, soda crackers, bread crumbs, and pretzels
Egg noodles or pasta
Baking mixes, fritter batter or batter-fried foods, French toast
Fried rice containing eggs
Any commercial bread or bread product made with egg products or brushed with egg for
glazing
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Vegetables
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All fresh, frozen, dried, or canned
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Any vegetables made in a casserole or with sauces or breading that contain eggs in
any form (such as hollandaise sauce, vegetable soufflé, or batter-fried vegetables)
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Fruit
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Fresh, frozen, dried, or canned fruits and juices
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Any fruit served with a sauce containing egg, such as custard sauce
Fruit whips
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Meat, meat substitutes & eggs
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Baked, broiled, boiled, or roasted beef, veal, pork, ham, chicken, turkey, lamb, fish,
or organ meats
Meats breaded and fried with egg-free breading
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Eggs in any form, from any animal including egg powders, or commercial egg substitutes
Soufflés
Commercially breaded meats, fish, or poultry
Meatballs, meat loaf, croquettes, some sausages
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Milk & milk products
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Whole, low-fat or skim milk, buttermilk
Cheese, cottage cheese, or yogurt
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Malted milk powder, eggnog, malted drinks, boiled custard, protein drinks that have
egg, egg products, or egg protein
Pudding, custard, or ice cream
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Soups & combination foods
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Soup or broth made with allowed ingredients
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Any stock cleared with egg (consommé, broth, bouillon)
Turtle or mock turtle soup, egg drop soup, any soup with egg noodles or macaroni
Prepared entrees or combination foods that contain eggs in any form
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Desserts & sweets
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Gelatin, fruit crisp, popsicles, fruit ice
Homemade desserts made with allowed ingredients
Hard candy
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Cakes, cookies, cream-filled pies, meringues, whips, custard, pudding, ice cream,
sherbet
Chocolate candy made with cream or fondant fillings, marshmallow candy, divinity,
fudge, icing or frostings, chocolate sauce
Dessert powders
Pie crust or jelly beans brushed with egg whites
Fat-free desserts made with an egg-based fat substitute
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Fats & oils
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Butter, margarine, vegetable oil, shortening, cream gravy, oil & vinegar dressing,
eggless mayonnaise, bacon
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Salad dressings and mayonnaise (unless egg-free)
Tartar sauce
Fat-free products made with an egg-based fat substitute
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Beverages
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Water, fruit juice, fruit drinks
Tea
Carbonated drinks
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Root beer, wine, or coffee if clarified with egg
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Condiments & miscellaneous
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Sugar, honey, jam, jelly
Salt, spices
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Cream sauces made with eggs
Hollandaise sauce, tartar sauce, marshmallow sauce
Baking powder containing egg white or egg albumin
Any product made with an egg-based fat substitute
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Be careful when having these products.