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Coconut is A Nut Afterall!

Filed in archive Food Allergies on February 10, 2009

Because of my son's dairy allergies when he was younger (he outgrew it at age 3), we still use milk in our household very sparingly- usually only for baking or sauces. Instead of cow milk, he's drinking hot chocolate made with rice milk in the mornings. For cooking, I've also been able to substitute coconut milk in many dishes requiring cream.

I've always known that coconut is botanically classified as a fruit. What I didn't know is that it is a kind of drupe, just like other tree nuts such as almonds and pistachios. No wonder the FDA classifies coconut as a tree nut!

This is horrifyingly confusing to me. I've been feeding my son a tree nut-product for so many years!!! Luckily he's not been reacting despite his allergies to (other) tree nuts! What to do now? Scratch coconut milk off the list of safe foods?

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