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Table 1 Food items used for the oral food challenge test

From: Oropharyngeal symptoms without systemic reactions as a risk factor for food allergen intolerance: a longitudinal pediatric study

Food

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Egg

Pancakes with whole egg yolk and 1/20 parts of egg white

Pancakes with 1/8 whole egg for class 6 ovomucoid IgE

Pancakes with 1/4 whole egg for classes 4–5

Pancakes with 1/2 or whole egg for class 3 or below

Whole scramble egg

Milk

Bread with 3 mL of milk (a slice of commercially available white bread)

Pancakes with 8 mL of milk for class 5 or more milk IgE

Pancakes with 25 mL of milk for class 3–4 specific milk IgE

Raw milk or yogurt (100–200 mL) for class 2 or below milk IgE

25–50 mL of milk or yogurt in the case of transition from step 2

Wheat

Boiled udon (wheat noodles) less than 8 g

Boiled udon 8 g or more and less than 100 g

Boiled udon 100 g or more or half a piece of bread

  1. The pancakes and scrambled egg were cooked by fully heating in a frying pan
  2. The total dose at each step was reduced to 1/8–1/2 depending on the case