Why no gluten or nuts?

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If you've ever had to decline a lunch invitation or skip the office potluck or tell your first grader he can't play at a friend's home or isolate your middle child's snacks to prevent an allergy related episode, I get it.

To be perfectly clear, I don't just have one food allergy. I have a list: gluten, wheat, rye, barley, corn, corn derivatives, peanut, tree nuts, coconut, rice, and soy. So, this means, if I can't see the ingredient list, I have to offer an automatic but polite, "No, thank you."