Some foods that are used for food manufacturing are defined as allergen by human immune system. If people who is sensitive to allergen foods consume them, they have health problems. There is not any treatment for food allergy. To prevent health problems, people should avoid to eat them.

What Are The Important Food Allergens?

There are more than 160 food products that include 12 main allergen substances. These main allergen substances are;

• Milk
• Egg
• Fish
• Shellfish
• Dried nuts and fruits (walnut, nut, almond)
• Peanut
• Wheat, rye, barley Flour
• Soy
• Sesame seed
• Sulphur
• Celery seed and leaf
• Mustard

The product that includes 12 main allergen substances above has to be labelled clearly to warn people.

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