Addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States: report of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored expert panel

Table 9 Option 4: Bamba peanut snack (Osem, Israel)

Dose	Bamba, no. of sticks	Equivalent weight (peanut protein content [g])^a	Volume of hot water (approximate, will need to be adjusted for each child)	Approximate final volume
1	1 stick	0.81 (0.1)	½ teaspoon	¾ teaspoons
2	3 sticks	2.43 (0.3)	1 teaspoon	1½ teaspoons
3	5 sticks	4.05 (0.5)	1½ teaspoons	2¼ teaspoons
4	10 sticks	8.1 (1.0)	3 teaspoons	4 teaspoons
5	21 sticks	17.01 (2.0)	6 teaspoons	7½ teaspoons
		Total protein: 3.9 g

Other peanut puffs products with equivalent peanut protein content can be substituted for Bamba
^aThe amount of Bamba sticks is an approximate measure looking at a range of Bamba products. Bamba snacks from different parts of the world have a varied peanut protein content [30]. The peanut protein content of Bamba was calculated according to the publication by Du Toit et al. [13]

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