Can I eat canned or frozen fruit if I'm allergic to fresh fruit?
Oral allergy syndrome is also called food-pollen allergy syndrome. It is a condition that causes immediate itching in the mouth and throat. This happnes after eating RAW fruits or vegetables that cross react with pollens you are allergic to. In this condition, cooked fruit does not cause a reaction. Reactions with canned or packaged fruits would likely be less intense. The risk of severe allergic reaction is rare in oral allergy syndrome. You care learn about oral allergy syndrome at our website here.
Douglas T. Johnston, DO, FAAAAI, FACAAI, is an allergist/clinical immunologist at Carolina Asthma & Allergy Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Assistant Professor at Edward Via School of Osteopathic Medicine in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He is a fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI) and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI). He has lectured at national and international medical conferences and has publications in several medical journals, including “Clinical Immunology,” “World Allergy Organization Journal,” “Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology,” “The Journal of the American Medical Association,” and the “New England Journal of Medicine.”
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