About six in ten (59%) people agreed that food manufacturers usually do a good job labelling foods with potential allergens
Though many people do not spend too much time fretting about the ingredients in their dishes, people with allergies may have to pay special attention to what goes into their food. The most common allergies among Americans are milk (5%) and shellfish (5%), according to new data from YouGov Omnibus. Other somewhat common ones included eggs (3%), peanuts (3%), and walnuts (3%). Interestingly, millennials are more likely than older generations to say that they have food allergies. Only 15% of baby boomers and 21% of Gen X’ers say they have food allergies, while 28% of millennials reported being allergic to certain foods. They were particularly likely to say they are allergic to milk: 8% of millennials say this, compared to 5% of Gen X and 4% of baby boomers.
Allergy Therapeutics (LON:AGY) is an international commercial biotechnology company focussed on the treatment and diagnosis of allergic disorders, including immunotherapy vaccines that have the potential to cure disease. The Group sells proprietary and third party products from its subsidiaries in nine major European countries and via distribution agreements in an additional fourteen countries. Its broad pipeline of products in clinical development include vaccines for grass, tree and house dust mite, and peanut allergy vaccine in pre-clinical development. Adjuvant systems to boost performance of vaccines outside allergy are also in development.
