Peanut Protein and Reduced Peanut Allergy Risk

• Prevention and Treatment of Peanut Allergy.

  • 2026-06-25
  • Review
  • The New England journal of medicine 394(24)
  • • George Du Toit
    • Gideon Lack

  • PubMed: 42341303
  • DOI: 10.1056/nejmcp2314424

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Peanut Allergy Risk

  • Low evidence

  Early introduction of peanut protein reduces allergy prevalence by approximately 80%

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  2 g/week (low risk) or 4-6 g/week (high risk)