Allergy to eggs

Egg is a common food that people are allergic to, especially children.

Sometimes children with an allergy to eggs grow out of it.

An allergy to eggs can be to all forms of eggs - well cooked, lightly cooked or raw.

See the table below for more information.

Baked / Well cooked egg	Lightly cooked egg	Undercooked / Raw egg
Cakes and biscuits eg Jaffa cakes, sponge fingers	Homemade meringues	Fresh mousse
Dried egg pasta	Lemon curd	Mayonnaise
Prepared meat dishes and sausages containing egg	Quiche / flan / Spanish tortilla	Some ice creams and sorbets
Waffles	Scrambled egg, boiled egg, poached egg and fried egg	Royal icing
Egg glaze on pastry	Omelette	Horseradish sauce, tartare sauce
	Egg in batter or breadcrumbs, eg scotch egg	Raw egg in cake mix
	Hollandaise sauce
	Egg custard, crème brûlée, crème caramel

Baked / Well cooked egg	Cakes and biscuits eg Jaffa cakes, sponge fingers
Lightly cooked egg	Homemade meringues
Undercooked / Raw egg	Fresh mousse

Baked / Well cooked egg	Prepared meat dishes and sausages containing egg
Lightly cooked egg	Quiche / flan / Spanish tortilla
Undercooked / Raw egg	Some ice creams and sorbets

Baked / Well cooked egg	Waffles
Lightly cooked egg	Scrambled egg, boiled egg, poached egg and fried egg
Undercooked / Raw egg	Royal icing

Baked / Well cooked egg	Egg glaze on pastry
Lightly cooked egg	Omelette
Undercooked / Raw egg	Horseradish sauce, tartare sauce

Baked / Well cooked egg
Lightly cooked egg	Egg in batter or breadcrumbs, eg scotch egg
Undercooked / Raw egg	Raw egg in cake mix

Baked / Well cooked egg
Lightly cooked egg	Egg custard, crème brûlée, crème caramel
Undercooked / Raw egg

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