Why is peanut allergies so much more prevalent than other food allergies?

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Why is peanut allergies so much more prevalent than other food allergies?

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I’ve lived in Europe, Latin America and the US. Anecdotally it seems to me that it’s prevalent more here in the US than in other countries. Here you have all those food packaging disclaimers and kids can’t take peanut products to school etc etc