Of most of the food items, peanuts are one such item that many of the people find themselves allergic to. Peanut oil or peanuts is used on a large scale in many of the food items and especially in restaurants. Moreover, the allergies are life threatening and affect the respective person on a huge scale. However, science hopefully will soon have an answer to this too. The latest buzz is that the people who are allergic to peanuts might be able to grab these.
Mohamed Ahmedna, a researcher from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has developed whole, roasted peanuts which won’t cause a reaction. The allergen in the peanuts that causes reactions has been completely made dysfunctional. Where the university paper doesn’t brief about the process at all, it certainly promises that the technique doesn’t degrade the taste or quality of peanuts at all.
As per figures, of all the Americans almost 1.5 million to 3 million suffer from peanut allergies. Also, peanut allergies account for about 80% of the fatal, non-fatal allergic reactions in a year. The institute also plans to commercialize these allergy free peanuts. If the research does get successful, it will be certainly good news or all those who are allergic to peanuts.
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