Comments on: Peanut in Orange Juice – what next?!?

By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:18:42 +0000

I had an issue once with Bennigans in South Plainfield. After ordering a grilled-cheese sandwich, and being told they were out of white bread, they told me that they could only make my sandwich on a burger bun, since that was all they had. Since the service was a huge joke to begin with, and I was with my daughter, who was on her lunch hour from work, and time was rapidly ticking away, I agreed to the bun…as long as it was indeed just white bread, mind you. What came out was the worst presentation of a sandwich that I had even seen, and what was worse, I could tell right off the bat, that it wasn’t white bread at all. When I asked the server what type of bread it was, he went back to check, and came back and told me what I already knew – whole grain. I almost had a fit. I HAVE A FLAX SEED ALLERGY!! And, yes, I did make this genius aware of that when I aksked to be sure that they were giving me white bread. Needless to say, that if you live in the area, you know that they went out of business. Gee, I wonder why!?

By: anurao

anurao — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:25:51 +0000

@ Karen: I so agree – the safety of food allergy sufferers boils down to an employee and franchise owner being more diligent. However, I do wish, corporations were a little more pro active about making food safe. Pizzeria Uno has a computer terminal at the entrance of its restaurants where patrons can checks ingredient statements of all their dishes.
@FoodAllergyAssistant: Thanks for that piece of input. I would have never in a million years imagined that a peanut based ingredient could be there in OJ!!! What a complex food world
@Banu: You make an excellent point that I often struggle with and one of my future blog posts will address that issue.
@Jane Anne: You are so right and TV is one the biggest culprits. Popular serials like Big Bang Theory think nothing of making food allergy a joke!
Thanks all for visiting my blog!
-Anu

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By: Jane Anne

Jane Anne — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:10:29 +0000

I find eating out extremely tricky. Most (well, many) just don’t understand the severity of food allergy dangers. This post was a nice reminder that you can never be careful and you should always, always, always have the Epipen with you.

By: Banu

Banu — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:14:05 +0000

May I add that I never eat with my child with allergies at an Indian restaurant. And most of the time I stick to Pizza and Pasta when eating out. And make it very clear to the waiter that I am ordering for a child with severe peanut allergies.

By: Food Allergy Assistant

Food Allergy Assistant — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:29:17 +0000

Several years ago, we ran across a label on a carton of Minute Maid® orange juice that listed an ingredient derived from peanut in the juice! I’m so sorry to hear about this story, but I wouldn’t want anyone to even consider orange juice safe. Read every label, or ask to see the actual label at the restaurant. You never know…

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:16:20 +0000

May I add that chains are different one location to another, one location may be very cross contamination aware another may out right lie.