Cereals

buzzword, which today is almost the epitome of healthy food. The term "Ceralie" stands generally for cereal fruits. However, it refers not so much to a taxonomically related group of plant products, but to a specific type of diet that includes cereal products and stalk fruits.

The most important cereal foodstuffs are: wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat (knotweed), oats, corn, millet. These contribute significantly to the world food supply with a high percentage of protein intake.

The word "Cereals" is derived from the Roman goddess "Ceres", who was the protector of the field and the cultivation of crops, especially cereals.

In a broader sense, both the English "breakfast cereals" and the "breakfast muesli" also fall under the term "cereals".

However, epidemiological data on cereal allergies are lacking, especially in older children and adults, and are more frequent than cow's milk allergies.

Cereals can cause allergic reactions, especially as flours (see below flour allergy), inhaled as well as orally (rhinitis allergica, bronchial asthma, gastrointestinal symptoms such as burning, abdominal pain, diarrhoea). Contact allergic eczema caused by flours is also possible (see baker's eczema, see protein contact dermatitis).