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Title: TREE-NUT DIET

Category: Lagniappe - a little extra

Avoid foods that contain nuts or any of these ingredients:

almonds
Brazil nuts
cashews
chestnuts
filbert / hazelnuts
gianduja (a creamy mixture of chocolate and chopped toasted nuts found in premium or imported chocolate)
hickory nuts
macadamia nuts
marzipen / almond paste
nougat
Nu-Nuts artificial nuts
nut butters (ex: cashew butter)
nut oil
nut paste i.e. almond paste
pecans (Mashuga nuts)
pine nuts (pinyon nuts)
pistachios
walnuts

Keep the following in mind:
* Artificial nuts can be peonuts that have been deflavored and reflavored with a nut, like pecan or walnut.
* Filberts are also hazelnuts
* Avoid natural extracts i.e. pure almond extract, use imitation or artificial flavored extracts
* Tree nuts have been used in many foods including barbeque sauce, cereals, crackers, and ice cream