Orange allergy- are Tangerines o.k. ?
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My son can not have oranges but someone told me that tangerines are not an orange does anyone know if this is correct? I would appriciate any input, Thanks |
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The best listing I’ve seen about food families is in If This is Tuesday, It Must Be Chicken, a cookbook about doing a rotation diet. I don’t have my copy with me, so I don’t know if oranges and tangerines are the same family. I’ve searched the internet and can’t find the answer. Does anybody have this book close by? I’ll keep looking. |
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http://www.calgaryallergy.ca/Articles/English/botanical.htm#by_Food_Name The above states that they are both in the citrus family. Something else I saw says the tangerine is more like a manderine orange, but they all must still be citrus. |
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From what I’ve read, tangerines are a variety of mandarin oranges, so they are not safe. This comes from the book “Food Lover’s Companion”, which is actually pretty highly trusted in the restaurant industry. |