A scientist from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has developed a way to make allergen-free peanuts.
The scientist, Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna, found a way to essentially inactivate peanut allergens while maintaining the taste and quality of the nuts.
| | Peanut and tree nut allergies are the most severe of all food allergies, affecting approximately 3 million Americans, and causing 100 -- 150 deaths from anaphylactic shock annually and many more hospitalizations. In industrialized nations, the allergy has been rapidly increasing in children, for causes that are not entirely understood. |
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The four month old salmonella outbreak (here, here) that has already claimed
When I was a young-un no one ever heard about food allergies. Of course there were food allergies. We just never heard much about them. But now we not only hear about them, we hear about people, often children, who die from food allergy. Often peanut allergy.
by revere, cross-posted from Effect Measure
George Washington Carver would be so proud.
Yes, I'm sure Carver would be proud :) The inventor, Dr. Ahmedna, is currently optimizing the technology to remove allergens from other foods as well.
next should be milk