Allergy diet - no tomato (strict)
This document is part of the ACI Diet Specifications for Adult Inpatients. It is not to be used for patient education.
Aim
To provide a diet that strictly excludes all tomato.
Characteristics
Avoids all foods containing tomato; including fresh, tinned, concentrated paste or dried e.g. tomato powder.
Indications
Allergy, intolerance or dislike to tomato.
Nutritional adequacy
Nutritionally adequate.
Precautions
- It is not possible to provide a full list of all permitted commercial products; the following are general guidelines only.
- Care should be taken to read all product ingredient lists to look for tomato or derivatives as ingredients.
- This diet removes tomato only, it is not recommended to use this diet for patients with latex allergy or glutamate intolerance unless it has been assessed as suitable by a dietitian.
Paediatrics
Suitable for use in paediatrics when combined with an age-appropriate diet.
Specific menu planning guidelines
| Allowed | Not allowed | |
|---|---|---|
| Hot main dishes | All others | Dishes made with fresh, tinned or dried tomato or tomato paste Baked beans |
| Sauces, gravies | All others | Tomato or tomato-based sauce |
| Starchy vegetables / pasta / rice | All others | Starch-based dishes containing tomato |
| Vegetables | All others | Tomato or dishes with added tomato paste/powder |
| Soups | All others - check labels | Tomato soups or soups containing tomato ingredients |
| Sandwiches | All others | Tomato |
| Salads, dressings | All other salad ingredients All other salad dressings | Tomato Salad dressings with tomato ingredients |
| Breads, cereals | All others | Tomato-flavoured savoury breads |
| Spreads | All | - |
| Hot breakfast choices | All others | Grilled tomato or items containing tomato (baked beans, spaghetti, Spanish omelette) |
| Fruit | All others | Tomato |
| Yoghurt | All | - |
| Desserts | All | - |
| Milk and cheese | All | - |
| Beverages | All others | Tomato juice, or vegetable juice containing tomato |
| Biscuits | All others | Biscuits with tomato derivatives e.g. some flavoured crackers |
| Miscellaneous | Salt and pepper Nuts Cream Sugar, sweetner | Chutneys and pickles including tomato |
References
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Allergy Unit. RPAH Elimination diet handbook. Sydney: RPAH; 2010.
- Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA). Food intolerance information for patients, carers and consumers (2014). [accessed 20 July 2015]