The key to an allergy-free diet is to avoid foods or products containing the food to which you are allergic.
Eggs are a commonly used food that may cause food sensitivity reactions. It isn't difficult to eliminate eggs, but may be challenging to avoid food products that contain eggs. To avoid these foods, it is necessary to read food labels.
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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 or brushing with egg for glazing
Biscuits made from egg-free baking powder
Crackers and homemade breads made with allowed ingredients
All cereals and grains, such as rice
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Any bread or bread product with eggs products or glazed with egg
Commercially prepared pancakes, waffles, donuts, 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
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Vegetables
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All fresh, frozen, dried, or canned
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Any vegetables prepared 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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All 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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Any baked, broiled, boiled, or roasted beef, veal, pork, bacon, ham, chicken, turkey, lamb, fish, or organ meats
Meats breaded and fried with egg-free breading
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All eggs, including egg powders, or commercial egg substitutes
Soufflés
Commercially-breaded meats, fish, or poultry
Meatballs, meat loaf, croquettes, or some sausages
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Milk & milk products
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Whole, low-fat or skim milk, or buttermilk
Cheese, cottage cheese, or yogurt
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Cocomalt, eggnog, malted beverages, boiled custard, Ovaltine, protein drinks containing egg, egg products or egg protein
Pudding, custard, or ice cream
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Soups & combination foods
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Any soup or broth prepared with allowed ingredients
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Any stock cleared with egg (consommé, broth, or 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 prepared 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, jelly beans
Icing or frostings, chocolate sauce
Dessert powders
Pie crust brushed with egg whites
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Fats & oils
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Butter, margarine, vegetable oil, shortening, cream gravy, oil & vinegar dressing, eggless mayonnaise
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Salad dressings and mayonnaise (unless egg-free)
Tartar sauce
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Beverages
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Water, fruit juice, fruit drinks
Tea
Carbonated beverages
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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 Simplesse
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