Allermix FAQ: Introducing Allergens to Your Baby

Allermix is for families who want a simple, pre-measured way to introduce common allergens and keep them in their baby's routine.

Allermix takes the measuring and planning out of allergen introduction. Each packet is pre-measured and mixes into food in seconds.

Anyone feeding your baby, like a grandparent or babysitter, can follow along, and single-use packets travel easily.

Yes, and we encourage it! Allermix fits alongside the foods your baby already eats, helping you introduce allergens and keeping them in the diet regularly.

Each packet is a single food with nothing added, so you always know which allergen your baby had and how much. Allermix was co-created by an allergist and a mom.

A food allergen is something in a food, usually a protein, that can cause an allergic reaction.

The priority food allergens in Canada are peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, milk, wheat and triticale, sesame, soy, fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and mustard.

Early allergen introduction means offering common allergenic foods, like peanut and egg, around the time your baby starts solids and then keeping them in the diet regularly. It's the approach Canadian and US allergy guidelines recommend for most babies.

Around 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids, and not before 4 months. Signs of readiness include sitting with support, good head control and interest in food.

Talk to your health care provider if your baby has severe eczema, a diagnosed food allergy, or has reacted to a food before. Guidelines recommend early introduction for these higher-risk babies too, so don't delay.

Yes, but it takes more planning than most parents expect. You need safe textures for each food, the right amounts, and a way to keep every allergen in your baby's diet week after week.

Allermix does that planning for you. Each pre-measured, single-food packet mixes into meals your baby already eats, so you always know what they had and how much.

Offer one new allergen at a time, starting with a small amount and building up over a few days, so you know what caused any reaction. Allermix introduction kits do this for you, with pre-measured packets that increase gradually over five days per allergen.

At least weekly. Once your baby tolerates a food, keep it in their regular meals. Allermix maintenance kits help with this step.

Allermix has introduction kits, monthly maintenance kits and single-allergen pouches:

• Introduction Kit: The Basics: peanut, egg, sesame and soy. 20 packets, five days per allergen, in gradually increasing amounts.
• Introduction Kit: Tree Nuts: almond, cashew, hazelnut and walnut. 20 packets, five days per nut, in gradually increasing amounts.
• Maintenance Kits (The Basics or Tree Nuts): a one-month supply of pre-measured packets to keep each allergen in your baby's routine.
• Single-allergen pouches: one allergen per pouch, for families who prefer to measure their own.

Most families start with The Basics, since peanut and egg have the strongest evidence for early introduction. Tree nuts can follow. Not sure? Take our quiz.

Stir the day's packet into a food your baby already eats without problems, such as yogurt, purée, oatmeal or infant cereal, and serve it as usual.

Keep each allergen in your baby's diet at least weekly. You can use an Allermix maintenance kit, everyday foods, or both. 

No. Appetites change from meal to meal, so you can spread one packet across several feedings that day. Throw away any opened, unused powder after 24 hours.

Allermix is just food in an easy-to-feed format, so you can pick up where you left off.

Each maintenance packet provides about 2 grams of allergen protein. 

Allermix uses whole egg, with both the white and yolk, dried into a fine powder that mixes easily into your baby's familiar foods. How egg is prepared can affect how a baby reacts, so if your baby has severe eczema or has reacted to egg before, talk to your health care provider before starting.

Not currently. Milk and wheat are usually easy to offer through everyday foods such as yogurt, cheese and wheat-based infant cereal. Fish, shellfish and mustard aren’t part of every family’s diet, so we’ve chosen to leave them out of our current kits. 

Each packet is one ingredient with nothing added. The Basics kits contain egg, so they don't suit families avoiding animal products. For other dietary needs, check with your healthcare provider.

Each Allermix packet and pouch contains only the single food listed and is packed in an SQF compliant facility with strict allergen controls. Always check your package label for allergen information.

Keep it in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight. 

Early in the day, at home, when your baby is well. Most reactions happen within two hours, so an adult should be able to watch your baby afterwards.

Watch for any of these, usually within two hours of eating:

• Hives or a new rash
• Swelling of the lips, face or around the eyes
• Vomiting or stomach pain
• Coughing, wheezing, or a hoarse voice or cry
• Unusual fussiness, sleepiness or floppiness

Learn more in our guide to signs and symptoms of food allergies in babies.

Severe reactions are unlikely: the Canadian Paediatric Society notes that "the risk for a severe reaction at first exposure in infancy is extremely low." If you think your baby is having a reaction, stop feeding and contact your health care provider. In an emergency, call 911.

Learn the signs of a reaction from Food Allergy Canada.

Yes, that's the goal. Once your baby tolerates a food, start offering it in age-appropriate forms and keep it in your baby's diet.

Allermix was co-created by a mom and an allergist after starting solids with their own baby, and is made in Canada. Read our story.

Neither. Allermix is food. Like any food, it isn't intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Allermix is made in Canada.

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Yes. Starter Bundles pair an introduction kit with its maintenance kit, and the Complete Bundle includes both introduction kits and both maintenance kits. Bundles cost less than buying the kits separately. Shop all products.

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