An egg allergy is one of the most common allergies among young children and infants. This allergy is usually because of the albumin protein in eggs. Fortunately, this allergy that is developed during infancy disappears slowly. Most children will no longer experience this allergy after they are three years old. Children with infantile eczema are more prone to developing egg allergies.
It is a common misconception that egg allergies are solely due to the proteins in the egg yolk. In fact, research has shown that egg whites are more likely to cause egg allergies than egg yolk. In any case, both the egg yolk and the egg white can be responsible for egg allergies as both contain various different proteins. Some of the foods that may cause egg allergies include baby custard, scrambled eggs, cakes with egg, egg wash on buns, egg rolls, ice creams, sorbets, raw egg whites, egg nog, egg noodles, fried rice, macaroons, and mayonnaise.
An egg allergy diet is one which ideally does not contain egg in any form. The diet contains egg replacers and other foods that do not contain egg proteins. You can get your doctor to prescribe you an egg allergy diet plan, but mostly, avoiding eggs should be enough for you to avoid allergies. You would also have to carefully read packages and consider ingredients of various foods to ensure that they do not contain any egg proteins. Some foods that do not contain eggs as a main ingredient may still contain traces of eggs in other ways. Traces of eggs as a carryover ingredient may also cause egg allergies.
Egg allergy diet recipes contain egg replacers instead of eggs. Some of the foods which can be used as egg replacers include 2 tsps. oil, 1.5 tsp. commercial egg replacer, and 1 tbsp. water; 1 tsp. yeast with one quarter cup of warm water; 0.5 tsp. baking powder plus 1 tbsp. water and 1 tbsp. vinegar; or 1.5 tbsp. water plus 1.5 tsp. oil and 1 tsp. baking powder.
There are also many other egg allergy diets that you could follow for which you could speak to your doctor. Avoid foods with egg protein in order to stay safe from the allergy. If you have used eggs in any recipes, wash the utensils well before using them to prepare egg less recipes for your child with egg allergies. This will help you prevent any incidents of egg reactions.