Researchers Study How Much Peanut Protein Those with Allergies Can Tolerate
People with allergies and parents of children with allergies often have to rely on food labels that offer little-to-no precautions about the presence of proteins causing the allergy in foodstuffs or processing facilities. Current labels do not reflect the small amounts of exposure that those consumers with allergies could potentially tolerate in a product without a major reaction. When products have labels that say "may contain" or "was processed in a facility...," these are not helpful to consumers who manage allergies. New studies are being conducted to determine "safe" levels to improve labels and health.
The University of Cincinnati recently conducted one of these studies, and evaluated how much peanut protein those with allergies can tolerate, which could lead to more informative labels. The study was supported by the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Studies (IAFNS), a nonprofit.