Egg Allergy Diet
General guidelines for egg allergy
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.
Foods | Allowed | Not allowed |
|---|---|---|
Breads & starches | 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 | A ny 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 |
Vegetables | All fresh, frozen, dried, or canned | Any vegetables prepared in a casserole or with sauces or breading that contain eggs in any form (such as hollandaise sauce, vegetable souffle or batter-fried vegetables) |
Fruit | All fresh, frozen, dried, or canned fruits and juices | Any fruit served with a sauce containing egg, such as custard sauce Fruit whips |
Meat, meat substitutes, & eggs | 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 | All eggs, including egg powders, or commercial egg substitutes Soufflés Commercially-breaded meats, fish, or poultry Meatballs, meat loaf, croquettes, some sausages |
Milk & milk products | Whole, low-fat or skim milk, buttermilk Cheese, cottage cheese, or yogurt | Cocomalt, eggnog, malted beverages, boiled custard, Ovaltine, protein drinks containing egg, egg products or egg protein Pudding, custard, or ice cream |
Soups & combination foods | Any soup or broth prepared with allowed ingredients | Any stock cleared with egg (consomme, broth, 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 |
Desserts & sweets | Gelatin, fruit crisp, popsicles, fruit ice Homemade desserts prepared with allowed ingredients Hard candy | 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 |
Fats & oils | Butter, margarine, vegetable oil, shortening, cream gravy, oil & vinegar dressing, eggless mayonnaise | Salad dressings and mayonnaise (unless egg free) Tartar sauce |
Beverages | Water, fruit juice, fruit drinks Tea Carbonated beverages | Root beer, wine, or coffee if clarified with egg |
Condiments & miscellaneous | Sugar, honey, jam, jelly Salt, spices | Cream sauces made with eggs Hollandaise sauce, tartar sauce, marshmallow sauce Baking powder containing egg white or egg albumin Any product made with Simplesse |
How to read a label for an egg-free diet
Be sure to avoid foods that contain any of the following ingredients:
Albumin
Egg white
Egg yolk
Dried egg
Egg powder
Egg solids
Egg substitutes
Globulin
Livetin
Lysozyme (used in Europe)
Mayonnaise
Meringue
Ovalbumin
Ovomucin
Ovomucoid
Ovovitellin
Simplesse
Other possible sources of eggs or egg products
A shiny glaze or yellow-colored baked goods may indicate the presence of egg.
Egg white and shells may be used as clarifying agents in soup stocks, consommes, bouillons, and coffees.
Substitutes for eggs in recipes
For each egg, substitute one of the following combinations:
1 tsp baking powder, 1 Tbsp water, 1 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp yeast dissolved in ¼ cup warm water
1 Tbsp apricot puree
1½ Tbsp water, 1½ Tbsp oil, 1 tsp baking powder
1 packet gelatin, 2 Tbsp warm water (do not mix until ready to use)