Pine nuts can be eaten raw, especially in salads and an essential ingredient in Pesto, or as an added ingredient in many savoury and sweet recipes.
Allergy Information:
Allergy to pine nuts has been reported less frequently than allergy to tree nuts and pine is botanically only distantly related to other food plants. Thus pine nuts are not currently listed in annex IIIa of the EU directive on labelling of pre-packaged foods. Severe reactions including anaphylactic shock have been reported but few of the patients who were suspected to have reacted to pine nuts recalled eating pine nuts. This is possibly because these nuts are used for flavouring and are thus often hidden ingredients. Some tree nut or peanut allergic individuals may react to pine nuts.
Note that pines are only very distantly related to tree nuts such as walnut and that amongst the seed plants, pine is botanically one of the most distantly related to other food plants.
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