| About 5% of children suffer from food allergies. There | | | | real problem, just about all commercially available bread |
| are approximately 160, 000 food allergy sufferers in | | | | contains soy. The bread you can buy at a bakery is a |
| NSW alone and hospital admissions relating to | | | | hazard as it may contain traces of nuts or eggs....so |
| anaphylaxis has tripled over the last six years. | | | | what do we do? Well we have to buy the Pan de |
| Shopping for these children can be a nightmare | | | | Casa...the Italian bread with no preservatives and no |
| especially when it comes to easy to pack snacks. | | | | soy. Its either that or I have to get busy baking my |
| Every label has to be meticulously read. Even when | | | | own bread. How about packing snacks?? There is a |
| you have purchased something before, you have to | | | | great product on the market at the moment called |
| check the label every time in case a change of | | | | gemfreez biscuits, available at health food stores or |
| ingredient has occurred or the well known "may | | | | online...they are slightly sweetened rice crackers that |
| contain traces of nuts" label has crept onto the packet | | | | come in a two pack. My little girl devours those. |
| of your kids favourite bikkie. | | | | Its hard turning up to peoples place for a BBQ |
| Then comes the task of searching for food for a child | | | | requesting nut free, egg free and soy free food. I |
| that has multiple food allergies such as allergies to soy, | | | | usually forgo the low amine request as this is way too |
| nuts and egg. This leads to long trips to the | | | | hard, plus we do want to still be invited around to |
| supermarket, frustration and the desire to tear ones | | | | peoples place. It usually means I insist on bringing |
| hair out. Life wasn't meant to be this hard. Then what | | | | dessert as this is usually the hardest thing for |
| happens when someone is also intolerant to chemicals | | | | someone to cater for...they are stumped...now what |
| in foods??? It all gets so complicated. | | | | dessert can I cook that is nut free and egg free? |
| My daughter has allergies to nuts, eggs and soy so | | | | They breathe a sigh of relief when I say "no seriously, I |
| everything has to be nut free, soy free and egg free. | | | | will bring an egg-free and nut-free dessert"....so what |
| What a nightmare, on top of that she has an | | | | do I make? I usually get a pack of nut free, egg free |
| intolerance to amines so we have to look for "low | | | | biscuits and make a biscuit base then do a unbaked |
| amines". The worst thing is that she loves food and is | | | | cheesecake with strawberry or lemon |
| always trying to grab food off other people. She is | | | | flavoring....Cheesecake? Lemon? Aren't they full of |
| only two so it is hard to describe to her that she has | | | | amines you may ask?? AHHHHHHH yes...but what |
| an allergy and has to be careful. She can't read and | | | | else can I do?....she will have to suffer. As long as she |
| look out for nut free or egg free foods. Soy is also a | | | | has no nuts and no eggs (soy isn't too bad) she is OK. |