Peanuts are......actually legumes/pulses, like peas, beans and lentils.
So in theory a packet of peanuts should not contain any nuts at all.
The machines used to sort and pack the peanuts may have been used to sort nuts, so there may be traces of nuts in a packet of peanuts.
The warning is not as stupid as it sounds.
An allergy to nuts doesn't mean you're allergic to peanuts and an allergy to peanuts doesn't mean you're allergic to nuts.
that is all
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Tue 22 Apr 2003, 11:43,
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So in theory a packet of peanuts should not contain any nuts at all.
The machines used to sort and pack the peanuts may have been used to sort nuts, so there may be traces of nuts in a packet of peanuts.
The warning is not as stupid as it sounds.
An allergy to nuts doesn't mean you're allergic to peanuts and an allergy to peanuts doesn't mean you're allergic to nuts.
that is all
!Wow. It isn't even lunch and I've learnt something today.
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Your Mum,
Tue 22 Apr 2003, 11:51,
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there's a (mostly vegetarian) cafe in stoke newingtoncalled the blue legume. A lovely pun.
and a large dollop of woo to monkeon's pic
(and a large dollop of woo to monkeon's pic
Shedside,
Tue 22 Apr 2003, 11:54,
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