Does this card include peanuts?

No. Peanuts have a separate card. If you avoid both, generate both and show them together.

Which tree nuts should I list?

Name the nuts you actually need to avoid. If every tree nut is a problem, say tree nuts including almonds, cashews, walnuts, pistachios, and hazelnuts.

Is coconut a tree nut on this card?

Coconut is not in the default tree nut list. If you avoid coconut, add it as a custom allergen.

Allergen card

Free tree nut allergy card

A tree nut card should name almonds, cashews, walnuts, and pesto, and ask about desserts, salads, and shared pastry boards.

How to use this card

Tree nuts are not peanuts, and restaurant staff mix the two constantly. If you can eat peanuts but not tree nuts — or the reverse — the card has to say so. Otherwise you get a peanut protocol for a cashew problem, or a kitchen that thinks almond flour is fine.

Pesto, marzipan, baklava, mole, korma, almond flour buns, cashew cream, and salad toppings are the usual traps. Desserts and “healthy” cafe food are riskier than steaks.

Ask whether the pastry board, ice cream scoop, or salad garnish station is shared. Tree nut exposures at restaurants are often a sprinkle or a shared utensil, not a nut-named entree.

Tree nut hiding places

Sauces

Pesto, korma, mole, and cashew cream can be in pasta, bowls, and vegan mains.

Bakery

Almond flour, frangipane, and shared pastry cases contaminate items that do not list nuts.

Salads and bowls

Walnuts, almonds, and spiced nuts are tossed on at the end from a shared bin.

Desserts

Gelato shops and bakeries often use one scoop or knife across nut and non-nut items.

Questions about this card

Does this card include peanuts?: No. Peanuts have a separate card. If you avoid both, generate both and show them together.
Which tree nuts should I list?: Name the nuts you actually need to avoid. If every tree nut is a problem, say tree nuts including almonds, cashews, walnuts, pistachios, and hazelnuts.
Is coconut a tree nut on this card?: Coconut is not in the default tree nut list. If you avoid coconut, add it as a custom allergen.

A card helps you communicate. It does not guarantee a meal is free from an allergen. Confirm ingredients, preparation, and cross-contact with restaurant staff, and follow the emergency plan from your healthcare professional.