Has anyone with food allergies had the same reactions with juices?

[KuroCz]

Hi All,

I've been cruising around looking at samplers and making a few choices here and there, then it hit me. I get this funny tight throat from eating walnuts, heiniken beer (yah, wot?), and anything "sweets" baked at the costco bakery.... Has anyone with similar allergies tried any juice that has a trigger food and not experienced anything bad? This one banana nut bread juice looked good, but I'm really hesitant to try anything that I'd normally not eat normally. I just don't want to neccessarily pass on some tasty juices, or be concerned about other flavors that may have some kind of nut oil in them.

 

[vsummer1]

I think that if you are allergic, it would probably be a good idea to stay away. Since I don't know if the juices are made with actual extracts of nuts or just a chemical, I wouldn't take a chance.

I don't eat sweets much, my niece has a cake shop (may I proudly say she has been on TLC's Fabulous cakes - twice, and won cupcake wars?) but I don't eat them very often even though they are awesome. Yet, here I am with my Gooey Caramel Cookie and loving it. Who knew?

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

I'm allergic to nuts and have never ever tried vaping nut flavored juice. I did discover I'm allergic to Ehtyl Maltol aka Cotton Candy (Watermelon) and ended up with cankers in my mouth- stopped using it and cankers went away. Gave the watermelon to a friend and they had no issues and loved it.

 

[tryhard]

I have never thought about the allergy thing so far, but yes, it does make sense to me. Allergic reactions can be caused by the smallest amounts of a certain substance and I guess that the juices are enough the do so. Would not try it in that case. Maybe it is possible to ask the doctor for an allergy test. I do not know but maybe the research departments have already produced assay kits for your specific case. A hypersensitivity against one of the substances is possible too, but your symptoms seem quite strong then.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

For decades I ate all sorts of nutz- peanutz, walnutz, all kinds of nutz and in very large quantities. One day about 15 yrs ago I ate a breakfast bowl of unshelled peanuts- face and neck swelled, eyes went bloodshot, throat constricted. Turns out I'm allergic to nutz- the allergist told me it could've been the 1st time or the 1001st time that I would have a reaction. I now carry an EpiPen just in case. "Funny tight throat" and your body is telling you something IMO- see an allergist.

 

[Hoosier]

My oldest son is allergic to watermelon.... and anything with watermelon flavoring. He is actually allergic to the chemical, natural or artifically created, that makes watermelon taste like watermelon.

Be very cautious with food allergies.

 

[pericat]

You could look into DIY juice making. I was cruising a few DIY sites last night, and one of them listed 'sucralose' as a potential ingredient. If you are sensitive to artificial sweeteners, as your Costco experience suggests, you may find it helpful to check out what goes into some of the liquid you vape.

 

[KuroCz]

For decades I ate all sorts of nutz- peanutz, walnutz, all kinds of nutz and in very large quantities. One day about 15 yrs ago I ate a breakfast bowl of unshelled peanuts- face and neck swelled, eyes went bloodshot, throat constricted. Turns out I'm allergic to nutz- the allergist told me it could've been the 1st time or the 1001st time that I would have a reaction. I now carry an EpiPen just in case. "Funny tight throat" and your body is telling you something IMO- see an allergist.

Thanks for the replies, I was just curious if people did have reactions to juices since all the older threads had nothing conclusive. Yikes that's a pretty extreme reaction, my reactions are basically a nuisance reaction, so I hear ya, but I'll pass on a doctor till I have a more accute reaction than what I have. (I'm sorta like Baron von Munchausen "noo doc...tors..." ) But yeah, I'll just have to avoid or be really careful trying any juice that's 'nutty'.

@pericat , costco artifical sweetners? I'd never considered it would be a sweetner, I just figured it was some sort of oil they used on everything... Just another reason for me to turn my nose up at faic sugar! And DIY juices I'm definately going to look into down the road. Maybe sooner than later.

 

[Vappa]

Heineken beer also gives me tight throat, headache, bad stomach and the likes. It's the beer. Don't drink it. There are better Dutch beers

Sorry, just had to react on the Heineken. I call it zwijneken (difficult to translate, something like swine-eken... )