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Falmouth man died in Argentina after eating churro he was told didn't contain peanuts
Testing found peanut protein in the churro, and coroner Emma Hillson recorded the death as accidental after anaphylactic shock.
- The Cornwall Coroner's Court concluded that 24-year-old British tourist Harry James Kitto died accidentally after suffering anaphylactic shock from a peanut-contaminated churro at Tortoni in Buenos Aires on October 30, 2025.
- After Kitto and Naomi Pye checked in Spanish whether the food contained peanuts, staff provided a "firm no with lots of head shaking" despite the pastry containing 20mg of peanut protein per kilo.
- Struggling to breathe after eating the churro, Kitto collapsed with his heart stopping for about 11 minutes before Pye administered an EpiPen and paramedics rushed him to hospital.
- Following the tragedy, Kitto's father Brian and brother Bobby returned to the establishment and ordered the same churros, with laboratory testing confirming they contained peanut protein.
- Assistant coroner Emma Hillson recorded a conclusion of accidental death, finding Kitto died from an unrecoverable hypoxic brain injury following the anaphylactic reaction caused by the undisclosed peanut exposure.
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A 24-year-old British tourist has died in Argentina from anaphylactic shock after eating peanut-laced churros, which were previously assured by cafe staff that were nut-free.
·Zagreb, Croatia
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The 24-year-old man who asked the staff at the shop in Argentina if the churros had peanuts in them and they assured him twice that they did not, died of anaphylactic shock, a judicial investigation has shown.
·Marousi, Greece
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A 24-year-old British tourist, Harry Kitto, died after a heavy allergic reaction to dessert at the Buenos Aires Cafe, and the young man had asked the staff about the peanuts and had received a negative response, but the lab had subsequently discovered the allergen in the product, BBC reported.
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