If your child has food allergy[/en/food-allergy-babies-and-children], it’s quite important thatyou check the entire list of ingredients on food labels to see if hisallergen is present and prevent severe problems with allergicreactions.Here’s what you need to do:-Carefully check the list of ingredients, looking for your childallergen’s common name. Don’t miss what’s in parentheses, forthey often include the major allergens[/en/common-child-food-allergies].- Check the statement following the expression “May contain tracesof”.- Don’t buy a product that doesn’t have an ingredients list.- Get to know more about your child’s allergen, its less-commonnames and when it often appears.- Understand food labelling limitations; some allergen ingredients maybe disguised and hidden behind other names that are not easilyrecognized as allergy triggers [/en/top-allergy-triggers-children],like coloring, spices and natural flavours.- If you doubt the safety of any food item, call the manufacturingcompany asking about its ingredients and manufacturing process.- Be careful when you read phrases, like "peanut-free", as this typeof statements is usually not regulated and doesn’t mean that theproduct was made in facilities where said “allergen” is notpresent.