Food

Avoid these foods

All foods made from mammals or with mammal-derived ingredients may contain alpha-gal. However, you may not need to avoid all of these foods. Work with your healthcare provider to determine what foods to avoid based on your sensitivity and preferences.

• Mammal meat, like beef, pork (including bacon), lamb, venison, bison, goat, and rabbit
• Mammal organs, like liver, kidneys, intestines (tripe), and Rocky Mountain oysters
• Mammal fat, like lard
• Foods made from the tissue or fluids of mammals
• Mammal broth, bouillon, stock and gravy
• Flounder roe (nitsuke) (not a mammal, but also contains alpha-gal)

You may also need to avoid:

• Milk and dairy
• Gelatin
• Mammal byproducts
• Carrageenan (made from red algae that produce alpha-gal)
• Some natural flavoring

Tips:

• When eating out, watch out for lard in fry oil and cross-contact with mammal meat.
• Read food labels!

Foods you CAN eat

• Fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, and grains
• Eggs 
• Fish and other seafood
• Poultry, like turkey, chicken, and duck
• Emu and ostrich (birds whose meat tastes like beef)
• Pork from Revivicor’s genetically modified GalSafe pigs. Other types of pork are NOT safe!