Say good-bye to the majority of your favorite breakfast cereals, many snack foods that don't have soy or nuts will have a corn ingredient-often corn syrup, as a main ingredient. Don't be fooled into thinking organic foods are any different; they aren't.
A corn allergy is not that uncommon and I genuinely hope the FDA starts marking it on packages too. Clearly, it is easy to read "corn" on the ingredient list. What isn't easy is identifying the corn derivative ingredients. Did you know most gel cap medications are made out of a corn based formula for the cap itself? Did you know that you need to check the ingredients on items such as white or wheat flour? King Arthur is my favorite brand and has the least mixed ingredients for a flour but many flours not only have corn flour in them but also soy flour. Just some food for thought.
Next time you are in the grocery store I challenge you to walk down the cereal aisle and play a guessing game- corn based ingredient or not! Don't be fooled by the sugar cereals v. the healthy cereals. I find more sugar cereals to be okay for my son to eat than healthy. As a mom that has always preached and tried to practice a healthy lifestyle with smart food choices this has been so hard! Corn pops? No brainer, out. Kix?- nope, also out. Corn chex-the name should be a give away but nope, can't have those. Please keep in mind my son has more allergies than this so even if a cereal clears corn it still has to clear soy and nut ingredients or exposure. Crispix? out. Apple cinnamon cheerios- out. Granola, any brand- out. (I have a pretty good recipe to make it from scratch that I will post later).
Could someone please explain to me why corn is a filler in everything? This is out of control! But I wouldn't have known it if it weren't for my son's allergy to it.
The following is an allergen list. It is not necessarily 100% complete and there are many items, such as alcohol, where some brands or flavors may have corn but others don't so you will need to follow up on that on your own. Think this list is long? Scroll to the bottom of it for more info.
Corn meal
corn flour
corn syrup
high fructose corn syrup
vegetable oil
vegetable stock
some vinegars
fructose
glucose (also found in medicines)
aspartame
splena
truvia
dextrose (yes, it's found in medicines too)
sucralose
sucrose
cyclodextrin
maize
maltodextrin
msg
corn starch
vanillin
vanilla, imitation
This list is of specific foods or other products that one might not recognize as containing a corn product.
- Body powders
- Breath spray and candies
- Condiments (mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup)
- Contact lens solutions
- Cream
- Dairy (cottage cheese, cheese, sour cream)
- Dental fillings and cements (read the Material Safety Data sheets athttp://dental.securesites.com/)
- Fresh fruit/vegetables that are coated with wax (which can be derived from corn)
- Frozen fruit (blueberries, cranberries)
- Frozen vegetables
- Hair products (spray, mousse and gels)
- Lotion (including those that contain Vitamin E)
- Margarine
- Meat products (hot dogs, sausage)
- Orange juice
- Peanut butter
- Pickles
- Ricotta cheese
- Salad dressings
- Soaps and dishwashing detergents
- Suntan lotions
- Teas
- Tomato products
- Toothpaste
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