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Food Allergies: When Food Becomes The Enemy

Most Likely Suspects

by Ray Formanek Jr.

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Food allergy patterns in adults differ somewhat from those in children. The most common foods to cause allergies in adults are shrimp, lobster, crab, and other shellfish; peanuts (one of the chief foods responsible for severe anaphylaxis); walnuts and other tree nuts; fish; and eggs.

In children, eggs, milk, peanuts, soy and wheat are the main culprits. Children typically outgrow their allergies to milk, egg, soy and wheat, while allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shrimp usually are not outgrown.

Adults usually do not lose their allergies.

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Last modified: September 2002
Ray Formanek Jr. is editor of FDA Consumer.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Consumer
July-August 2001