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Wheat allergy is an allergy to wheat that typically presents as a food allergy, but can also be a contact allergy resulting from occupational exposure. The exact mechanism of this allergy is not yet clear. Wheat allergy may be immunoglobulin E-mediated or not, [1] and may involve a mast cell response. [2]
Food intolerance is a detrimental reaction, often delayed, to a food, beverage, food additive, or compound found in foods that produces symptoms in one or more body organs and systems, but generally refers to reactions other than food allergy. Food hypersensitivity is used to refer broadly to both food intolerances and food allergies.
Gastrointestinal symptoms of wheat allergy are similar to those of coeliac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity, but there is a different interval between exposure to wheat and onset of symptoms. Wheat allergy has a fast onset (from minutes to hours) after the consumption of food containing wheat and could be anaphylaxis. [15] [45]
Anyone with an allergy or severe sensitivity to wheat and/or fish can be at risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
Gluten-free" is defined as 20 parts per million of gluten or less and "very low gluten" is 100 parts per million of gluten or less; only foods with cereal ingredients processed to remove gluten can claim "very low gluten" on labels. [89]
Sugar Foods announced they would be recalling their 3.5-ounce bags of Fresh Gourmet Tortilla Strips Santa Fe Style due to a contamination of undeclared wheat allergen. The Food and Drug ...
Dietitians weigh in on how those with gluten and lactose-intolerances can tolerate foods on vacation. ... If you have any concerns that you might be dealing with a food intolerance or sensitivity ...
"Food hypersensitivity" is an umbrella term which includes food allergy and food intolerance. [11] [12] [13]Food allergy is defined as an immunological hypersensitivity which occurs most commonly to food proteins such as egg, milk, seafood, shellfish, tree nuts, soya, wheat and peanuts.