While any food could potentially cause a problem, a handful are responsible for most food allergies.
A few foods account for the majority of food allergies.
To be sure, experts say, it’s at least theoretically possible that any food could cause an allergic reaction in some people (though certainly not all foods have been documented to do so). But eight types of foods tend to be allergens – or cause an allergic reaction – far more frequently than others. The so-called “Big-8”– including foods such as peanuts, milk and shellfish like shrimp – account for more than 90% of food allergies in the U.S. In addition, sesame is being increasingly recognized as a top food allergy, rounding out the top nine, notes Dr. Pooja Varshney, a pediatric allergist at Dell Children’s Medical Center and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.
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