What's the difference between peanuts and peanut oil?!


Question: What's the difference between peanuts and peanut oil?
So I'm allergic to all nuts [except for almonds.. i think haha]
but the weird thing is that I can eat food cooked in peanut oil..

So is there any big difference between peanut oil and peanuts?
Cuz I find it really weird..
Like I can eat food like fries cooked in peanut oil, but I cannot eat the peanut itself..

And trust me. i AM allergic to peanuts.. not like "I'm gonna die if I eat it" allergic but allergic like
throwing up, feeling stuffy, breaking out, having spots on my face/red face, and puffy lips..
I look soo gross when that happens.. haha

But can anybody helpp me?
Thanks!!
:)

Answers:

Pure refined peanut oil, if properly processed, should contain no peanut protein and therefore should not cause allergic reactions in peanut allergic people. Refining peanut oil requires a high degree of heating which destroys the peanut protein. Most peanut allergic people avoid peanut oil because of the slight risk that the processing of peanut oil was not done properly and that there may be traces of peanut protein. Nevertheless, if a peanut allergic person accidentally eats a food with refined peanut oil, the chances of having an allergic reaction are extremely low because even if there is peanut protein in there, it will likely be in very small amounts. However peanut and nut oils are also available unrefined. They may also be called cold-pressed, unprocessed, expelled or extruded oils. These unrefined oils may have nut proteins and may cause allergic reactions. However these unrefined oils are not usually used commercially but are usually found only in specialty food shops and used for specialty ethnic cooking, but may also be more common in other countries.

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