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celery — What It Is, Where It Hides, and How to Avoid It
Everything you need to know about celery — where it's found, common symptoms, hidden sources, and how Allerwise helps you avoid it.
● Allergen Details
| What is celery?
Celery is a member of the carrot family. The stalk, root (celeriac), seeds, leaves, and oil are all used in cooking and as flavouring. Celery is one of the 14 mandatory allergens in the EU.
| Where is celery found?
Celery is in obvious places like soups, stocks, and salads, but also hides in stock cubes, sauces, ready meals, sausages, salami, mustard blends, spice mixes, and meat seasonings.
| Common symptoms of celery allergy
Reactions range from mild oral itching to swelling, hives, vomiting, breathing difficulty, and anaphylaxis. Heat does not destroy the allergen, so cooked celery is just as risky as raw.
| How Allerwise helps you avoid celery
Allerwise scans for celery, celeriac, celery seed, and celery extract — including the hidden uses in stocks, seasonings, and ready meals.
Avoid celery with Allerwise
Identifying celery in food products can be challenging and time-consuming. Allerwise makes this process simple and reliable.
- ▮ Instantly scan product barcodes to check for celery
- ▲ Get immediate alerts for celery and potential cross-contamination
- ↻ Keep a history of scanned products for future reference