18 Allergy-Friendly Jelly Beans
The hunt is over with our biggest Allergy-Friendly Jelly Bean Guide yet! Our guide features 18 brands including Spokin Verified YumEarth, with their NEW jelly beans, and Vermont Nut Free. Get ready to fill your Easter basket—17 of the 18 jelly beans have ingredients free of the top 8! See our guide for facility details and warning labels, if applicable. Enter to win your Easter jelly beans on our Instagram and Facebook! To learn more about our product guide process, see our Letter From Our Founder. This product guide was published on 3/23/22. Verified Brands | Dedicated Facility | Non-Dedicated Facility
39 Allergy-Friendly Pie Shops
We’re celebrating Pi Day with our Allergy-Friendly Pie Shop Guide! Finding a safe pie is a slice of heaven and our guide features 39 of the sweetest spots to grab a slice, including 5 Spokin Verified Bakeries, dedicated allergen-free spots, and places that make finding a safe treat easy as pie. If you’ve found an allergy-friendly pie shop, please share a review on the Spokin App! Image credit: Winston Pies Arizona | California | Florida | Illinois | Kentucky | Maine | Maryland | Michigan | New York | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Texas | Wisconsin | Canada
Allergy-Friendly Ireland Travel Guide
St. Patrick’s day has us dreaming of Ireland with its stunning cliffs, green landscapes and lively pubs. Ireland makes for a great allergy-friendly travel destination as an English-speaking country that requires restaurants to note top 14 allergens on their menus. You’ll feel like you found the pot of gold with our Allergy-Friendly Ireland Travel Guide, featuring reviews of restaurants and hotels from Dublin to Galway highlighting safe fish + chips, vegan potato skins, and fun pubs to grab a pint. You’ll be feeling the luck of the Irish with reviews from Spokin users managing celiac and allergies to peanut, tree nut, milk, egg, sesame, and more.
Recipes: Oreos
Image credit: The Little Blog of Vegan As one of the most allergy-friendly cookies, Oreos are getting their own recipe guide! See cookies, cupcakes, fudge, cheesecakes, and more. While we think everyday should be Oreo day, today we bow down to National Oreo Day. To celebrate, share a review for your favorite Oreos on the Spokin app for a chance to win a year’s supply!
Specific IgE Blood Based Allergy Testing
As food allergy parents we become experts at everything from label reading to interpreting a cough. But even the most experienced have questions on the widely used IgE blood tests. So we went directly to the company whose ImmunoCAP lab tests represent the gold standard in specific-IgE blood testing globally, Thermo Fisher Scientific. This feature answers the most commonly (and not so commonly) asked questions from the food allergy community — 42 in total — including a special deep dive on component tests. An additional resource is their recently launched educational site, AllergyInsider.
New Year, New Map!
When a food allergy mom told us she was trying to find a safe sushi spot for her teen with a sesame allergy, Spokin got to work! Introducing the NEW Spokin Map Filter! Now you can find new safe places to eat in your hometown, plan that trip (hello, Spring Break), or build your restaurant […]
Allergy-Friendly Valentine’s Treats
This Valentine’s Day we’re crushing on Spokin Verified Bakeries and their allergy-friendly treats! See our guide of Verified Bakery Valentine’s Day offerings featuring cookie cakes, cake pops, donuts, and more. We’ve also listed which allergens they’re dedicated free from, if they ship nationwide, and exclusive special offers!
16 Allergy-Friendly Valentine’s Day Heart Boxes
We’ve got heart eyes for our Valentine’s Day Chocolate Heart Box Guide for letting us safely eat every truffle in the box! See our sweet 16 top rated allergy-friendly boxes featuring Spokin Verified Brands Vermont Nut Free and No Whey and our newest sweetheart, Dean’s Sweets! Enter to win your Valentine’s Day chocolate on our Instagram and Facebook! To learn more about our product guide process, see our Letter From Our Founder. Verified Brands | Dedicated Facility | Non-Dedicated Facility
33 Allergy-Friendly Ramen Restaurants
A steaming bowl of ramen is perfect to warm up these freezing January days! Grab a spoon and some chopsticks—our Allergy-Friendly Ramen Restaurant Guide features 33 spots and includes reviews from Spokin users allergic to nuts, gluten, sesame, and soy! If you’ve found an allergy-friendly ramen restaurant, please share a review on the Spokin App! Image Credit: Clever Koi Arizona | California | Florida | Hawaii | Iowa | Illinois | Maryland | North Carolina | New Jersey | New York | Texas | Washington, DC | Wisconsin
Food Allergy Institute TIP Patient Interview: Liz Gilligan
Liz Gilligan is a food allergy mom to Jack, an 11 year old allergic to peanut and tree nuts. They live in Pacific Palisades, a suburb of Los Angeles. Jack is on maintenance for tree nuts and currently dosing peanuts but has been cleared for cross-contact. Liz’s advice to anyone interested in TIP is to join the waitlist while you learn about the program; it’s been life changing for Jack and her family. Her favorite moment from Jack’s time in the program was when he no longer needed to ask what kind of oil a restaurant used in their fryer and was able to safely eat at Chick-fil-A, which uses peanut oil.
