Most common food allergies due to cross-reactions
| If allergy to… | ..problems may occur when eatings .. |
|---|---|
| Tree pollen | Fruit: apple, pear, peach, nectarine, plum, apricot, cherry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, kiwi, passion fruit, lychee vegetables / Legumes: potato, celery, carrot, soya Spices: e.g. paprika, aniseed, garlic, curry Nuts / Seeds: Hazelnut |
| Herb pollen (especially mugwort) |
Fruit: grape, mango, lychee, melon vegetables / pulses: celery, fennel, artichoke, carrot, potato, cucumber Spices: e.g. aniseed, basil, curry, dill, tarragon, caraway, marjoram, paprika, parsley, pepper, pizza spice, wormwood Nuts, seeds: sunflower seeds Other: Senf |
| Grass and cereal pollen | Fruit: melon, kiwi (rare) vegetables / legumes: beans, pea, lentil, soya, tomatoes, potatoes, chard Spices: Curry (rare) Cereals: carnation, bran |
| House mites | Crustaceans and molluscs: snails, mussels, shrimps, prawns, lobsters, crabs, crayfish |
| Natural latex (e.g. in rubber gloves, condoms, balloons) |
Fruit: Banana, Pineapple, Fig, Avocado, Papaya, Kiwi Vegetables / Legumes: Potato, Tomato Nuts / Seeds: chestnut |
| Animal hair / skin | Eggs/dairy products: cow's milk Meat: meat,innards |
| Birds | Eggs / dairy products: Eggs Meat: poultry meat, innards |
| Ficus benjamina | Fruit: Fig |