Is the Cambridge Diet suitable for anyone with peanut allergy?
The chocolate coated bars are not suitable but all the diet drinks and soups are. The presence of peanut oil is listed in the ingredients on the wrappers of all the bars except Chocolate. Although the Chocolate flavour bar does not have peanut oil as a separate ingredient, it does contain vegetable oil, and as such there is no absolute guarantee that peanut oil may not be present even in a minute amount. Peanut allergy can be life threatening. Those that are extremely sensitive and at serious risk of anaphylactic shock if exposed to peanut in any form are extremely scrupulous about checking ingredients. A Cambridge Counsellor should be able to advise them correctly.
Answer The chocolate coated bars are not suitable. The presence of peanut oil is listed in the ingredients on the wrappers of all the meal bars except Chocolate. Although the Chocolate flavour bar does not have peanut oil as a separate ingredient, it does contain vegetable oil, and as such there is no absolute guarantee that peanut oil may not be present even in a minute amount. Although the sachets do not contain nuts, the manufacturing plant is not totally nut free, and there is the slight possibility of cross contamination. The tetras do not contain nuts. Peanut allergy can be life threatening. Those that are extremely sensitive and at serious risk of anaphylactic shock if exposed to peanut in any form are extremely scrupulous about checking ingredients.
