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Top Rated

Nut-Free and Gluten-Free San Diego Top Picks

Hi! I’m Emily and I recently traveled to San Diego! I was able to find many spots to safely eat with my allergies to peanut and tree nut allergies and my gluten intolerance and shared them on the Spokin app—they are all featured in this guide! One of my favorites was Chani’s Donuts, where I safely had allergen-free mini donuts! If you’re planning to travel to San Diego, make sure you stop by Pacific Beach and grab tacos at Oscar’s Tacos on the way! Follow me on Spokin @emsnutfreeeats to see all of my allergy-friendly reviews and on Instagram @emsnutfreeeats!

10 Celiac-Safe Baseball Stadiums

These stadiums hit all the bases when it comes to having gluten-free food options. See our Top Rated Celiac-Safe Baseball Stadium Guide featuring reviews for gluten-free burgers, hot dogs, chicken fingers, fries, pizza, cheesesteaks, and even a dedicated gluten-free restaurant! If you manage food allergies, see our Top Rated Allergy-Friendly Stadium Guide!

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32 Allergy-Friendly Baseball Stadiums

Talk about a game changer—knowing that there’s something safe you can eat at a ballpark before you step a foot in the stadium. See our Top Rated Allergy-Friendly Baseball Stadium guide highlighting 32 stadiums, including a completely peanut-free ballpark (way to go, @hartfordyardgoats!), one of the oldest MLB stadiums offering only dairy-free ice cream, a stadium where each concession stand has allergen books, top 8 free soft serve, and more! If you manage celiac, see our Top Rated Celiac-Safe Baseball Stadium Guide!

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Product Guides

28 Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Spreads

Labor Day Weekend is coming just in time to save us from the mad rush of back-to-school! If chocolate isn’t the answer, we don’t know what is. Dip into our Top-Rated Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Spread Guide— with 28 spreads we’ve got you covered no matter what allergies you’re managing, even chocolate! 👀 BTS is hectic enough and we’ve already done the work for you on the Spokin app! Pro tip: see the carousel feature under the guide that’s customized to your allergies, including chickpea, sunflower, and more!

To learn more about our product guide process, see our Letter From Our Founder Letter From Our Founder. This guide was published on 8/30/24.

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Top-Rated Allergy-Friendly Cookie Dough

Why is cookie dough so darn good?! We don’t know but we are obsessed and since it’s National Cookie Dough Day, we had to create a guide ofc! See the 29 most allergy-friendly cookie doughs including the #1 rated on the Spokin app, Sweet Loren’s and the newest dough coming to the market and soon to be Spokin Verified, Whoa Dough! This list was published on June 21, 2024

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14 Egg-Free “Eggs”

Easter with an egg allergy? Yes, you can with our Top-Rated Egg-Free Egg Guide! See our 14 favorite egg subs, including Spokin Verified JUST Egg, and some hot off the griddle products, including ready-made poached, hardboiled, and sunnyside “eggs”. To learn more about our product guide process, see our Letter From Our Founder. This guide was published on 3/28/24.

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Travel

Allergy-Friendly Milwaukee, Wisconsin Guide

Milwaukee offers lakefront views, Summerfest, museums and Spokin Verified Marquette University! Our Food Allergy-Friendly Milwaukee Guide has you covered including a vegan stall at the Milwaukee Public Market, an egg and nut free bakery and even a safe pretzels from a tour at the famous Sprecher Brewing Co. in “Brew City”!

If you manage celiac, see our Gluten-Free Milwaukee Guide!

Gluten-Free Milwaukee, Wisconsin Guide

Get the best of both worlds in Wisconsin’s largest city with Milwaukee’s beautiful city architecture and lakefront atmosphere. Our Celiac-Safe Milwaukee guide features the Spokin community’s feature finds including gluten-free fried chicken and tater tots, a 100% gluten-free restaurant and more!

If you manage food allergies, see our Allergy-Friendly Milwaukee Guide!

Gluten-Free Paris, Nice, and Monaco Top Picks

Hi! I’m Leslie, and we recently traveled to Paris, Nice, and Monaco! We found several celiac-safe spots for my son and shared them on the Spokin app—they are also all featured in this guide. One of our favorites was Copains where we went several times, and my son’s favorites were the chocolate croissant and an eclair. A fun thing to do if you are in the area is go to the top of the Eiffel Tower! Follow me on the Spokin app @glutenfreefinds to see all of my allergy-friendly reviews and on Insta @glutenfreefinds_pa.

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Meet The Maker

Meet the Maker: Chaia

Chaia holds a special place in our hearts as the first restaurant to join the Spokin Verified Restaurant program. We’re excited to share the story behind this allergy mom co-owned and female-founded restaurant dedicated free of peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, and more. To celebrate joining the Spokin family, Chaia is giving away FREE tacos! Join the biggest Taco Tuesday ever by using code SPOKIN at any of their 3 locations in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. This code is good for up to 1 year—perfect for that 2023 D.C. trip! Can also be used for delivery. Limit one use per person.

Meet the Maker: Ghostfish Brewing Company

Requests for alcohol allergen details are bubbling up at Spokin and we are saying cheers to our FIRST Verified Alcohol Brand, Ghostfish Brewing Company! Ghostfish is one of the largest dedicated gluten-free breweries in the U.S. and their Seattle brewing facility also boasts the Ghostfish Taproom, a bucket list-worthy restaurant that’s 100% dedicated gluten-free and allergy-friendly. Ghostfish’s craft beer is sold in 18 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Sports fans can also find it at some of the leading baseball and football stadiums. Learn more from Co-Founder Brian Thiel and tune in for Brian’s Insta Live today 10/7 at 12pm CT.

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Meet the Maker: Better Bites Bakery

Better Bites Bakery chocolate covered cookie dough bites are one of the highest rated products on the Spokin app. Leah Lopez is the allergy mom and genius behind these top 9 free cookie dough bites, cake bites, cupcakes, and cakes that taste so good, they’re making classrooms and party guests jealous of the “safe” treat. Her refusal to have her son feel left out of celebrations drove her into the kitchen and ultimately landed her products on Whole Foods shelves nationwide. Leah and her team want everyone to have safe treats and are giving 500 winners FREE Better Bites! Tune in to our Insta Live with Leah at 12 PM CT/1 PM ET.

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Wisdom

Allergen Component Testing: Alyssa’s Story

Alyssa Bauder scheduled what she thought was a routine appointment with an allergist but received news that changed her life. While she still had a life-threatening allergy to peanuts, she no longer was allergic to tree nuts, fish, shellfish, or chickpeas—news that seemed almost too good to be true. Learn how she tackled 13 food challenges and worked with her therapist to manage food allergy-related anxiety with a strategy that led to wins like her first Starbucks at 24 years old and a lot of fun along the way.

Alyssa is thankful for the freedom she’s gained and is glad to still be a part of the food allergy community, one that she’s passionate about and plans to continue advocating for through both her platform and career.

Disney World With Food Allergies

Food allergy mom Rachel McFall dreamed of taking her family to Disney World. With the help of travel advisor Taylor Gordon, who not only specializes in food allergy travel but also manages her own allergies, Rachel’s family managed to eat every meal out, enjoying character breakfasts, Mickey Mouse ice cream bars, and a visit to Erin McKenna’s Bakery. See her 527 reviews on the Spokin app @allergene, including 14 from her trip!

Join our Insta Live with Rachel to hear how her family dined out safely with peanut, egg, and wheat allergies, and how Taylor “did it all”, planning every detail of their fairytale vacation. Tune in Wednesday, 5/18 at 12 PM CT/1 PM ET for the Insta Live and enter to win a Disney World trip of your own!

The End of Food Allergy with Dr. Kari Nadeau

The End of Food Allergy is a landmark book on preventing, diagnosing, and reversing food allergies with key findings from a premier team of trained experts.

The trailblazing research of Dr. Kari Nadeau at Stanford University reveals that food allergy can be a treatable condition, because the immune system can be retrained. Food allergies can be disrupted, slowed, and stopped. The key is a strategy called immunotherapy (IT)–the controlled, gradual reintroduction of an allergen into the body. With innovations that include state-of-the-art therapies targeting specific components of the immune system, Dr. Nadeau and her team have increased the speed and effectiveness of this treatment to a matter of months.

Food allergy families will find fascinating information on the causes of food allergies, the science behind different types of food allergy testing and learn details on immunotherapy. The End of Food Allergy is a must-read for anyone interested in the science behind food allergies and the latest research that is changing the future of allergies.

Holidays

Valentine’s Day: Dating with Food Allergies

Get ready to say “awww!” We got personal and asked some of our favorite couples about dating with food allergies and celiac. We’re crushing on what they spilled, including the best ways their partner supports them, their S.O.’s best advice on dating someone with food allergies, how they met (we love a good back story!), their favorite date night spot + more! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Allergy-Friendly Holiday Cookie Recipes

Get your ovens preheated because we baked up our annual Allergy-Friendly Holiday Cookie Recipe Guide. Each of the 65 cookies featured is free of at least 1 of the top 9 allergens and our sweet infographic makes it easy to find all the safe gingerbread, peppermint, sugar, thumbprint, chocolate, caramel, crinkle, shortbread, and Hanukkah cookies. See all the recipes on the Spokin App, where we’ve already filtered them for your allergens!

Editorial note: See our 2016, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Allergy-Friendly Holiday Cookie Guides for more recipes!

14 Allergy-Friendly German Restaurants

It’s Oktoberfest and if you can’t make it to Munich, celebrate at a local German restaurant! Our guide features the most allergy friendly German restaurant in 4 countries including the U.S, Switzerland, Austria and Germany (of course!). See where you can find vegan schnitzel, a 100% gluten-free restaurant, and more!

Resources

28 Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Spreads

Labor Day Weekend is coming just in time to save us from the mad rush of back-to-school! If chocolate isn’t the answer, we don’t know what is. Dip into our Top-Rated Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Spread Guide— with 28 spreads we’ve got you covered no matter what allergies you’re managing, even chocolate! 👀 BTS is hectic enough and we’ve already done the work for you on the Spokin app! Pro tip: see the carousel feature under the guide that’s customized to your allergies, including chickpea, sunflower, and more!

To learn more about our product guide process, see our Letter From Our Founder Letter From Our Founder. This guide was published on 8/30/24.

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Nut-Free Copenhagen, Switzerland, and Paris Travel Itinerary

Hi! I’m Grace, I manage peanut and tree nut allergies, and I went to Copenhagen, Paris, and Zurich to visit my sister studying abroad. A highlight of my trip was going up into the Alps in Switzerland! My favorite restaurant was La Fronde where I ate a croque madame and crème brûlée. Follow me on the Spokin app @gracekennard to see all of my allergy-friendly reviews!

Peanut and Tree Nut-Free Prague Top Picks

Hi! I’m Ava and I recently studied abroad in Prague! I was able to find many spots to safely eat with my allergies to peanut and tree nut allergies. I am excited to share my favorite finds and one of my absolute favorites was the Golden Egg, where I safely had the Pigsty Sandwich! If you visit, make sure you to go to the top Riegrovy Sady for sunset and visit the Wallenstein Gardens to see peacocks! Follow me on Spokin @avawisniewski to see all of my allergy-friendly reviews and on Instagram @liavaeats!

Newly Diagnosed

100 Top Rated Allergists

Whether you’re looking for a new allergist because your current one is just “meh”, you’re newly diagnosed, you’re overdue for an appointment, or you recently moved, we want everyone to have an allergist they love. To help you find your perfect match, we’ve created a guide of the 100 top rated allergists on the Spokin app! Already have a great allergist? Please share a Spokin app review to thank them and help someone who’s looking for a recommendation!

Note: The locations listed are current locations of these doctors. Some reviews were shared when the doctors were practicing at different locations but the information in this guide is where they are currently based.

5 Top Rated Allergists in New York City

The 5 best allergists in New York City and the surrounding area! These doctors earned their place as the highest rated on the Spokin app by not only being experts in their field, but by going above and beyond to help patients and their families through every stage of life with food allergies. See the reviews to find out why their patients keep coming back! If you have a great allergist in the New York area, please share a Spokin app review to thank them and help someone who’s looking for a recommendation.

4 Top Rated Allergists in Los Angeles

The 4 best allergists in Los Angeles and the surrounding area! See why these doctors come highly recommended by the Spokin community, with reviews highlighting care and compassion, life-changing treatments, and even expertise in environmental allergies. Congratulations to Dr. Randhawa of the Food Allergy Institute, a Spokin Verified Partner, on the #1 spot! If you have a great allergist in the LA area, please share a Spokin app review to thank them and help someone who’s looking for a recommendation.