Guides
The label questions nobody answers straight.
Plain-English guidance for parents reading food labels: what advisory warnings mean, the ingredient names that hide an allergen, and what to hand over when someone else is feeding your child.
Everything here is written against primary sources — the FDA, the CDC, FARE — and every article lists the ones it used. None of it is medical advice, and none of it replaces your allergist.
Label reading
What “May Contain” Actually Means on a Food Label
Advisory labels like “may contain traces of peanuts” are voluntary and unregulated in the US. Here is what they do and do not tell a parent.
7 min readHanding over care
What to Leave With a Babysitter When Your Child Has a Food Allergy
A one-page handover for the sitter, the grandparents, or anyone else feeding your child tonight — what to write down, and what to say out loud.
6 min readHanding over care
Telling Your Child’s School About a Food Allergy
What the school actually needs from you, who has to sign it, and the difference between an emergency care plan and a 504 plan.
8 min readAllergen guides
Hidden Names for Milk on an Ingredient Label
Casein, whey, ghee, lactalbumin, Recaldent — the milk-derived ingredient names that do not contain the word “milk”, and where they turn up.
7 min read