If you have food allergies or shop for someone who does, you are used to scrutinizing food labels to determine whether products are safe for consumption.
Unfortunately, US allergen labeling regulations are needlessly complicated and ambiguous, so many think they understand when they are actually making assumptions about what the label is actually telling them.
Take the following three-question quiz to see if your skills need a tune-up…
Question 1
The Top 9 allergens are peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, soy, wheat, fish, crustacean shellfish, and sesame requiring special labeling.
Which of the following do not require special labeling?
A — Peanut oil
B — Coconut sugar
C — Oysters
D — Glucose syrup derived from wheat
E — None of the above
