Scenario: Billy - Severe Allergies To Nuts

Hi all,

I am completing a case study on anaphylaxis for Cert III. Billy is a 4 year old boy with severe allergies to nuts (peanuts) and dairy-based foods.

I am preparing snacks for billy and what follows are the food labels of available snacks

Snack A: Pop Tarts or Snack B: Mixed Fruit

Which of the two snack options is most appropriate for billy, in terms of his allergies? Do any of the ingredients jump out at you in terms of allergens - I am wondering if the Soybean and Palm Oil would exacerbate his peanut allergies??

I have included graphic labels and also typed up the ingredients if the labels are too hard to see.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Regards,

Jen

Ingredients for Snack A: POP TARTS:

Enriched Flour

Folic Acid

corn syrup

high fructose corn syrup

dextrose

sugar

soybean and palm oil with TBHQ for freshness

contains 2% or less of cracker meal,

wheat starch,

rice flour,

salt,

dried strawberries,

dried pears ,

dried apples,

partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil,

leavening

citric acid

natural and artificial flavour

gelatin

soy

lecithin

cornstarch

xanthan gum

gum arabic

cellulose gum

confectioners glaze

caramel colour

carrageenan

modified wheat starch

vitamin a palmitate

red 40

niacinamide

reduced iron

vitamin b6

blue 2

vitamin b2 vitamin b1

colour added yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1

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Ingredients for Snack B: MIXED FRUIT

juice from concentrates (grape, pear, peach and pineapple)

corn syrup

sugar

maltodextrin

modified corn starch

gelatin

fruit purees (strawberry, raspberry, orange and grape

citric acid

lactic acid

ascorbic acid Vitamin C

aspartame

natural & artificial flavours

coconut oil

camuaba wax

vitamin A palmitate

Vitamin E

Red 40,

Yellow 5,

Blue 1

Phenyketonurics: Contains phenylalanine