In the UK, as a kid with a severe (at the time) nut allergy, I developed a borderline eating disorder at one point by just being scared to eat a LOT of foods be

In the UK, as a kid with a severe (at the time) nut allergy, I developed a borderline eating disorder at one point by just being scared to eat a LOT of foods because the manufacturer would just slap “may contain traces of nuts” on almost everything to get out of any possible liability. My young brain learned to believe (incorrectly) that most foods contained “traces of nuts” and I developed a kind of paranoia - especially when eating at other people’s houses where I couldn’t check packaging as easily. Industry practices seems to have gotten a lot worse since then. I find this extremely aggravating. Thankfully for me, I eventually got over the paranoia but I now probably take more risks than I should given how utterly useless nut allergy warnings have become.