Due to a life-threatening allergy in our school, Salem Heights is a Citrus Free Zone.
Citrus fruit includes oranges, tangerines, mandarins, lemons, grapefruit, and limes. Please leave your citrus food, beverages, and products containing citrus at home. If your child brings a citrus item in their lunch they will not be permitted to eat it.
We’ve compiled a list of citrus items we’ve been asked about and all others we could think of, and got some definitive answers from the source on what is or isn’t ok. See below:
“To make it easy anything with natural citrus (orange, lemon, grapefruit, tangerine, mandarin) flavoring is a no, artificial flavoring and citric acid are safe.
Items marked “Safe” are considered safe for others, not for this person to consume/handle:
orange juice – no
lemonade – no
juices of different flavor, but that contain some amount of lemon or orange juice – no
Tang – no (2% orange juice)
High C – no (orange juice)
Orange crush soda – safe (artificial flavors)
Squirt Soda – no (grapefruit concentrate)
Capri Suns (not all natural) – No, some still have real fruit juice
Capri Suns(all natural) No, real fruit juice
citric acid – Safe
Dried fruit flavored with lemon or orange juice- safe
orange chicken – No
baked goods with lemon or orange glaze – Safe as long as allergic person is not handling/consuming it, please label
baked goods with lemon or orange flavoring – Safe as long as allergic person is not handling/consuming it, please label
Fruit Snacks- Safe
Orange Jello – Safe
lemon or orange sherbet – Safe as long as allergic person is not handling/consuming it
orange-sicles – Safe as long as it is not in a confined space and allergic person is not handling it
marmalade – Safe
lemon merengue pie – Safe
orange blossom scented products – Unsure, I would say unsafe just to be cautious
Orange flavored medication – safe
airborne- lemon/lime or orange – not safe
Emergen-C – Not Safe
Salsa/guacamole/rice made with lime or lemon – Safe as long as allergic person is not handling/consuming it, please label
Lemon/orange teas with natural flavoring – no safe
Citrus yogurts – Safe
Any sodas/juices/drinks with natural flavoring – not safe
Thank you for your help in keeping our school safe for our staff and students.
