New PA, source for \"clean\" tree nuts?

Hi Gus' mom,
I don't bake if I can avoid it - but I do know that Blue Diamond Almonds are peanut-free. But double check the label!
Adele

Blue Diamond almonds in the can are safe. When I want to use walnuts or hazelnuts, I buy whole in the shell and shell them myself. Yes, it is a pain!

All I can tell you is stay away from Planter's cashews! There is a peanut warning on the can, but when we were first learning to deal with PA, I thought they would be ok! Wrong, wrong, wrong--DD ended up with hives for 3 days after eating 2 cashews. She is not allergic to cashews, BTW.

Cathy

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Mom to 7 yr old PA/TNA daughter and 3 1/2 yr old son who is allergic to eggs.

Definitely Blue Diamond Almonds. Check the package every time, of course, but many of their cans actually say "peanut free" right on the front.
I had also found a good pistachio. I can't remember the name right now, but they are located in California, and the only thing they produce is pistachios. And they package right at the farm, no chance of cross-contamination during transportation. I will try to come up with the name for you.

Gus'Mom,
Hi. Sorry about the recent diagnosis. I was just wondering, how old is your son? If he's still under the age of 3 or 4, you may want to hold out before introducing tree nuts. Even though he tested negative now does not mean that he is out of the woods yet.
Another thing that you may want to consider is that a person with peanut allergy is more likely to have accidental injestions of peanut if they eat tree nuts. It can be very confusing distinguishing between peanuts and other nuts.
My best advise is to avoid tree nuts too.

I agree with avoiding tree nuts, did you dr say it was ok? Check a health food store. Before we were told to avoid tree nuts, I found walnuts that were raw in the bulk section of a health food store, and they were ok.
Therese

My first thought when DS tested negative to tree nuts was, great, at least I can shell other nuts and continue to cook and bake with those. But after more thought I realized it would be too confusing. It will be easier to teach him to avoid all nuts (he was dx'd at age 2).

When we had our PA son retested this past fall, we also had him tested for tree nuts. The good news was that he showed no sensitivity to the 5 tree nuts we tested for. I found a tree nut website that carries peanut-free cashews, pistachios and others. It's [url="http://www.tierrafarms.com"]www.tierrafarms.com[/url] and the nuts are wonderful! Problem is that my son wouldn't even try them and my husband and I ate the whole container of cashews! Yum!

my bil works for a nut company and peanuts are commonly referred to by employees there as "dirty nuts" due to the dust they create. for that reason, we avoid all nuts for the most part (except for one candy the girls eat at the holidays....hersheys treasures (or is it nuggets???) that contains toffee and almonds. it does not have a may contain or processed in warning.

i guess i am taking a risk with that, considering that i don't know what facility the almonds came from originally but it's something we've allowed with no problems as yet.