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The following outline provides an alphabetical listing of the foods to avoid because of their obvious or possible partial content of nickel.
The second chart provides a listing of the most common foods that can be valid alternatives during the days in which nickel should be excluded from the diet.
Remember that it's always a good idea to start every meal with raw fruit and/or vegetables.
Foods to avoid or needing ingredients label check
Asparagus
Bread made with oil
Breadsticks
Broth cubes (all, even vegetable)
Buckwheat
Cakes
Candies
Canned foods
Chocolate
Cocoa
Cooked fats (with any kind of oil)
Cookies
Corn
Crackers
Croissants
Croutons
Dried fruit
Focaccia
French fries
Fried food
Herring
Hydrogenated vegetable fats
Ice cream (manufactured)
Jam (check label for fats)
Kiwi
Lentils |
Margarine
Millet
Mushrooms
Non-hydrogenated cooked vegetable fats
Oats
Oil/fat hydrogenated and non-hydrogenated
Onion (a small amount for flavor is fine)
Oysters
Pastries
Pear
Plums
Polenta (cornmeal mush)
Pop corn
Raisin
Rhubarb
Rusks
Snacks (manufactured)
Spinach
Tomato
White bread
Wholemeal bread |
Suggested alternatives
Cereal flakes (no corn, oats, millet, buckwheat)
Crisp bread made with various flours (no corn, oats, millet, buckwheat)
Crushed-ice drinks
Extra virgin olive oil, used raw
Muesli (without raisins or oily nuts) |
Plain bread without toppings
Rice hardpan
Single seed oils, used raw
Sorbets
Sweets made with butter
Zabaione |
One more thing... be careful with these products!
In addition to all metal objects, which people with nickel intolerance know from personal experience (lingerie clasps, zippers, metal buttons, costume jewelry...), here is a list of products that often contain nickel.
Amalgam (metal fillings for dental cavities)
Cosmetics containing oats
Hair dye
Metal pans
Nail polish |
Orthopedic or dental prothesis
Silver
White gold |
Other useful resources
» For a more detailed description of foods containing nickel, refer to the SMA Food profile on Nickel.
» The Intolerances section provides an in-depth discussion on the themes related to intolerance, rotation diet, tolerance recovery and vaccines.
» If you encounter any difficulty finding tasty alternatives for your intolerance, take a look at the page on Suggested products: you can purchase these foods directly on line and have them delivered at your home in just a few days.
Suggested diets
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