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This month, we requested Dr. Julia Upton a query about baking allergens.
Somebody in my family has peanut allergy. If I bake peanut butter cookies, do peanut allergens keep within the oven and within the air afterwards? Can I take advantage of the oven once more safely?
Typically meals proteins can develop into airborne throughout totally different cooking strategies, equivalent to boiling, frying or steaming. This could occur with meals like fish and shellfish, although not normally with peanut. Even so, inhaling meals proteins is an unusual method to expertise a meals allergen.
To assist handle cross-contamination within the kitchen, clear all tools, utensils, and surfaces after use. Oven use wouldn’t usually pose a major threat, nonetheless, you may focus on together with your allergist if the individual in your family is assumed to require further precautionary measures.
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Kitchen ideas
Avoiding cross-contamination
Dr. Julia Upton is on employees on the Hospital for Sick Kids within the Immunology and Allergy Division; and an Affiliate Professor within the Division of Paediatrics on the College of Toronto. She is on the Board of Administrators of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Scientific Immunology, and is a member of our Healthcare Advisory Board.
Please observe: Dr. Upton is answering as a person allergist and her solutions don’t represent an official place of her affiliated organizations. Her responses are for informational functions solely and don’t represent particular medical recommendation, suggestions, analysis, or therapy. Please discuss to your physician about any issues or questions you could have concerning your personal well being or the well being of your youngster.
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Tags: ask the allergist, Baking, peanut allergy
