Why are some things more allergenic than others?

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Why do some things (like peanuts) have so many people allergic to them while other things (like mint) aren’t causing issues to nearly as many?

Basically why are some things more allergenic than others

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We have absolutely no idea. My job involves identifying and managing antibodies and we know very well which antigens are most likely to cause a reaction, but we have no idea why this one person skipped the ten most common and landed on an uncommon one.

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