New processing method reduces peanut allergenicity
A new study has found that the allergenicity of peanut products could be significantly reduced by a special fermentation process. Researchers from North Carolina A&T University report their findings today at the 105th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. "Due to the wide use of peanuts in food products such as cookies, snacks and even soups there is a need to inact...Peanut allergies overstated, study finds
Despite hundreds of families being told their children have peanut allergies every year, many of the children may be able to eat peanuts safely, a study by researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Sydney Children's Hospital has found. "This is...High-Level Expression of Peanut Allergens Affected by Rare Codon Usage
Biochemical & Molecular Allergology, Research Center Borstel, Germany By using Stratagenes BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RIL cells * withextra copies of E. coli, argU, ileY, and leuW tRNA genes,it is possible to attain high-level expression...Lupin flour may cause peanut allergy like reactions
In a recent study done by Royal Free Hospital, London, lupin flour have been identified as the ingredient that// can cause similar allergic reactions to people who are also allergic to peanuts. Peanuts are known to cause severe allergic symptoms in people. The symptoms of peanut allergy are inflammation of the lips and the tongue, difficulty in breathing, and choking of the throat and...Deadly Kiss - Peanut allergy kills a teenager
Christina Desforges a teenage girl died due to Peanut allergy after her boyfriend kissed her after having a peanut butter.// Desforges is from the city of Saguenay, though she received a dose of adrenaline soon after the kiss she could not be cured of the hypersensitivity reaction and died a week after the kiss. The exact cause of the death is being investigated and an autopsy has been...Hundreds of Children Put on a Trial to Trace the Cause of Peanut Allergy
A clinical trial is set for seven years on children to identify the cause of allergy due to consuming peanuts//. This study will be starting next year on 480 children who will be made to have peanut extracts. Peanut allergy, one of the most dreadful allergies has increased its incidence two fold in the last decade. Presently, 70 school going kids are affected among whom 5-8%...Is Your Child Allergic To Peanuts?
Elizabeth White nibbled a peanut butter cracker when she was 14 months old that left her gasping for breath.// Just one- fifth of a peanut is enough to trigger an allergic reaction in people allergic to it. Her parents enrolled Elizabeth, at 4 1/2, in a landmark experiment that set to discover-'Could eating tiny amounts of the very foods that endanger them eventually train c...Low-Fat Peanut Flour Thickens More
A new study conducted by New Agricultural Research Service (ARS) finds that various forms of peanut flour has varying thickening capacity //and this information is expected to help food experts to improve food textures. Peanut flour is obtained after partial extraction of oil from roasted peanut seeds. It is added to bakery products, nutrition bars and snacks, marinades, sauces and dr...