An Allergy-Free Trip in Israel - Tips
Israel is a beautiful, exotic, historical country with many excellent tourist sites like the Old City in Jerusalem, the Galilee sea, and the Ein Gedi Reserve. Israel has a fast-growing culinary world with fabulous fresh food options and the heavy Mediterranean and exotic Asian fusions mixed with European influences.
Millions of people visit Israel each year from virtually every country in the world, but until now, Israel was challenging for people with allergies. Nuts and sesame are a staple of the Mediterranean Diet. When you walk past a bakery, everything is covered in sesame and nuts! However, few people in Israel have food allergies (relative to other countries in the developed world), so local awareness about food allergy safety is low. For families with food allergies, a vacation in Israel often seemed out of reach.
Allergy Awareness in Israel
As mentioned earlier, Nuts and sesame are very common ingredients in the Mediterranean diet. Due to this, the number of people who suffer from food allergies is low, and so is the awareness. However, over the last few years, the number of people who have food allergies is higher.
In the past, many companies didn't label their food for allergens. But thankfully, nowadays, most of the packaged food in Israel has allergy info! We still recommended double-checking the food before you buy it. Here are some tips on how to do an allergy-free vacation in Israel:
- As soon as you enter a restaurant or a hotel dining room, make sure to alert the staff to your allergies.
- Translate your allergies into Hebrew so that the staff can quickly identify them. Remember that there are many different types of nuts, and they don't associate almonds with nuts.
- Explain to the staff the importance of cross-contamination.
- Before coming to Israel, try to research which packaged foods are safe and which aren't.
Food Allergy Concierge has been helping families traveling to have truly stress-free vacations. We have started developing group trips for families with food allergies so they can have an all-inclusive, stress-free family vacation to unique locations. Our trips are planned with luxury and precision by seasoned professionals.
All food preparation on the trips is supervised by our staff of food allergy specialists who oversee every aspect of preparation (including communication with many restaurants and hotels that we have worked with and awareness of the severity of an allergic reaction). You will also enjoy pastries and treats baked in our allergy-free bakery, where each batch of baked goods is prepared in a sterile environment. We work with the best hotels and restaurants to give you a genuinely stress-free, allergy-free, luxury vacation.
We hope that we can help you and your family enjoy an allergy-free and stress-free vacation!
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