Foods that are
CORN-FREE. Here are some things I can eat.
Click here for my corn-free
recipes.
I'm also allergic to canola oil, sesame (seeds and oil), and scallops and
grapefruit and many drugs. And I avoid figs, flax, coconut, avocados, nut oils, and nuts because they make me feel
absolutely sick sick sick.
Get your corn advice from others who are corn-allergic. A few web sites that
might help you out:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/avoidingcorn
& http://www.allergicliving.com/forum
http://cornless.blogspot.com/
http://www.livingitupcornfree.com/
http://www.cornallergysymptoms.com/
http://cornallergic.blogspot.com/
http://www.cornallergens.com/
http://recipesrediscovered.blogspot.com/
(corn-free recipes))
http://corn-freefoods.blogspot.com/
http://cornfree.ca/
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/cornchallenge.html
Corn-free me video log: http://vimeo.com/8678551
"My Week[s] without Corn" Week
1 & Week
2
NOTE: Always read the label.
I've listed corn free items below, but companies change their ingredients from
one batch to the next, and their ingredients evolve over time... so ALWAYS READ
THE LABEL.
 | Yes!
Fresh fruit and vegetables -- except for corn! (**Be careful when
buying bananas, avocados, mangos, pineapples, and tomatoes. Some fruits are
ripened quickly using ethylene (i.e. corn-based) gas. This isn't a problem
for me, but if you're highly sensitive, you can react. The trick is to buy
organic or to buy UNriped fruit.**) |
| Yes!
Beef, veal, fish & seafood, wild game (-- except scallops) |
| Yes!
Eggs and cheese (although I stick with what I call "parlor"
cheeses that people make in their own milk parlors and I avoid mass-produced
cheese) |
| Yes!
Nuts (unsalted) and raisins and dried fruit |
| Yes!
Milk, most apple juice, lemonade and juices you fresh-squeeze yourself at home |
| Yes!
Tap water |
| Yes! Clover
honey, orange-blossom honey, maple syrup, cane sugar |
| Yes!
Butter (unsalted) -- I buy what I call
"boutique" butter because mass-produced butters contain
preservatives. For example, I've got Kerrygold
Pure Irish Butter in my fridge right now. I find it in my grocer's
"fine cheeses" section along with a few more expensive varieties
of butter. This stuff is NOT CHEAP, which is why I've learned to live with
little butter. Of course, if you own a cow you can make your own! =) |
| Yes!
Olive oil, grapeseed oil |
| Yes!
Sea salt, kosher salt |
| Yes!
Natural (unsalted) peanut butter (Smuckers & Teddie) (Although
I don't eat peanut butter anymore because nuts tend to make me feel ill) |
| Yes!
Some jams and jellies (read the label) |
| Yes!
Homemade bread (I have my recipe here: French Baguette
and Wheat Bread and Bread Loaves.) |
| Yes!
Dried pastas |
| Yes! Rice
(i.e. whole grain, wild, brown, basmati, etc.), dried barley, dried beans,
dried peas |
| Yes!
Most vinegars (read the label -- some do contain corn syrup) |
| Yes!
Fresh herbs and spices (In the summer I grow them ALL in my garden so
they're always on hand.) |
| Yes! Wine
and beer! |
| A corn-free item:
Whole Foods
Italian soda (check the label); Maine
Root Beer |
| A corn-free item: home-made
Ketchup
(Note: I
use Annie's ketchup but it DOES have distilled vinegar it, so beware.) |
| A corn-free item:
Nathan's deli-style mustard (Roche Bros) |
| A corn-free item:
Rapunzel bittersweet & semisweet chocolate bars (Whole Foods) |
| A corn-free item:
Dole orange juice, orange-pineapple juice (Roche Bros) |
| A corn-free item:
Featherweight baking powder (Whole Foods, Bellingham) |
| A corn-free item:
King Arthur flour, Swan's Down cake flour |
| A corn-free item:
Casa Visco all purpose Marinara sauce (Roche Bros) |
| A corn-free item:
Hero Swiss preserves-strawberry, peach (read the label) |
| A corn-free item:
Amy's organic soups (read the label) (Roche Bros) |
| A corn-free item:
Kellogg's®
Frosted Mini-Wheats®, Frosted Mini-Wheats®Bite Size, and Raisin Squares®
Mini-Wheats® [Many thanks to the good people at Kelloggs who did the
research for me!] |
| A corn-free item:
Quaker oats |
| A corn-free item:
Post Shredded Wheat 'n Bran Spoon Size cereal & Shredded Wheat |
| A corn-free item:
Pastene tomato paste |
| A corn-free item:
Imagine Organic Chicken and Beef Broth (Whole Foods) [check the
label, though - I'm seeing more and more "natural flavorings"
being added to this one] |
| A corn-free item:
Pacific Chicken Broth (Roche Bros. in Millis) [ditto from above] |
| A corn-free item:
Ghirardelli Unsweetened Chocolate (Whole Foods) |
| A corn-free item:
Hershey baking cocoa (Although I don't eat
baking cocoa anymore because it tends to make me feel ill) |
| A corn-free item:
Wilkin & Sons Ltd Orange Marmalade (Shaws, Medfield) |
| A corn-free item:
Walnut Acres certified organic Salsa (Stop & Shop) |
| A corn-free item:
Walnut Acres soup - read the label (Whole Foods) |
| A corn-free item:
Santa Cruz organic lemon juice and lime juice (Roche Bros, Whole
Foods) |
| A corn-free item:
Key West key lime juice (Roche Bros) |
| A corn-free item:
Grace coconut milk (Stop & Shop) (Although
I don't eat coconut anymore because it tends to make me feel ill) |
| A corn-free item:
Wasa crackers (in the
"gourmet" cracker section, not in the snack aisle) (Although
I eat only the RYE variety because the others tend to have sesame or other
things I cannot eat) |
Tips. Here are some substitutes:
| A corn-free tip:
I have recipes for ketchup, flour tortillas, salad dressings, lemonade, limeade, meat rubs and
marinades, pesto, applesauce, salsas, pizza dough, pie crusts, and more --
just go here. |
| A corn-free tip:
Instead of brown sugar, use granulated maple sugar -- I've found that
people don't taste a difference! You can get granulated maple sugar from
maple sugar houses, like Clarks. |
| A corn-free tip:
Make your own mustard by mixing Coleman's dry mustard and water.
They do this in Britain as a matter of course. |
| A corn-free tip:
Use ¼ tsp baking soda and ½ tsp cream of tartar instead of baking powder.
I use Featherweight baking powder available at Whole Foods. |
| A corn-free tip:
Use balsamic vinegar or corn-free rice vinegar instead of store-bought
salad
dressings, or make
your own salad dressings using recipes at Epicurious.
Mix in fresh herbs with the greens in your salad and you'll taste the
impressive "pop" in the flavor! =) |
| A corn-free tip:
Look for recipes on Epicurious or allrecipes
or Food Network. Jamie
Oliver's web site is good too, but you have to be able to convert a lot
(for example, "rocket" is arugula, and a "courgette" is
a zucchini, and you have to convert from metric measurements with the help
of web sites like this)
-- if you buy his cookbooks here in the US, his measurements are US
measurements. When there are food allergies in the house, you have to cook
from scratch. |
| A corn-free tip:
Instead of cornstarch, substitute arrowroot
(available in your grocer's spice aisle). And don't forget that flour can be
used as a thickener, too. |
| A corn-free tip:
Use this substitution for corn syrup: 1 cup corn syrup = 1 cup sugar plus ¼
liquid (water or whatever other liquid is called for in the recipe).
I've also read that rice syrup can be substituted directly for corn syrup. I
use Lyle's Golden Syrup, a cane derivative available on the British foods shelf among the
international aisles in your local mega-chain store... although I'm finding
it more and more in the baking section at my grocery store. |
| A corn-free tip:
Make your own vanilla extract. I've got the recipe here. |
Foods that contain CORN. Here are some things I cannot
eat:
| No! Corn, corn-on-the-cob, corn tortillas, corn chowder, hominy, vegetable oil, corn oil, corn muffins, cornbread, Corn Flakes, popcorn, Fiddle Faddle
or Cracker Jack, corn chips, Doritos, grits, polenta. |
| No!
Nothing that includes the following words in the ingredients listed on its label: high fructose corn syrup,
corn syrup, cornstarch, corn protein, maltodextrin,
alcohol, citric acid, maize, malt (although barley malt is okay),
honey, baking powder, vegetable oil, vegetable starch, vegetable proteins,
food starch, "caramel coloring", "natural"
flavorings, xanthan gum...
there are more listed
here. |
| No! No salad dressings,
no mayonnaise |
| No! No canned anything |
| No! No crackers,
no bread, no
processed cereals, no hot dog rolls, no hamburg rolls, no dinner rolls, no cookies,
no chips, no bread crumbs, no stuffing mix, no croutons |
| No! No
sodas, no seltzers, no prepackaged drinks, no frozen concentrate juices, no
tea, no instant coffee |
| No! No
ketchup, no relish, no mustard, no pickles, no white vinegar, no chutney, no
salsa |
| No! No
brown sugar, no confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar), no Karo syrup |
| No! No
cream cheese, no cottage cheese, no highly-processed cheeses |
| No! No
bouillon, no canned/boxed meat broths, not all vegetable broths |
| No! No
iodized salt |
| No! No
frozen fruits, no frozen vegetables, no frozen dinners |
| No! No
deli meats, no hot dogs, no sausages, no bacon, no other processed meats |
| No!
No take-out, no sushi, no pizza, no fast food, no foods prepared in a
restaurant, no foods prepared in your grocery store. Don't rely on the staff to know whether
there's corn product in the food they're serving you. |
| No!
No grain alcohol |
| Reminder!
Food items labelled "organic", "natural", and
"soy" can contain corn. Think about it: corn IS organic! Shopping
in the "organic" aisle or the health food store doesn't necessarily yield
corn-free results.
|
Corn Products, Ingredients, and Additives to
Avoid
Acetic acid
Alcohol
Alpha tocopherol
Artificial flavorings
Artificial sweeteners
Ascorbates
Ascorbic acid
Baking powder
Bleached flour
Blended sugar (sugaridextrose)
Brown sugar
Calcium citrate
Calcium fumarate
Calcium gluconate
Calcium lactate
Calcium magnesium acetate (CMA)
Calcium stearate
Calcium stearoyl lactylate
Caramel and caramel color
Carbonmethylcellulose sodium
Cellulose microcrystalline
Cellulose, methyl
Cellulose, powdered
Cetearyl glucoside
Choline chloride
Citric acid
Citrus cloud emulsion (CCS)
Coco glycerides (cocoglycerides)
Confectioners sugar
Corn alcohol, corn gluten
Corn extract
Corn flour
Corn oil, corn oil margarine
Corn starch
Corn sweetener, corn sugar
Corn syrup, corn syrup solids
Corn, popcorn, cornmeal
Cornstarch, cornflour
Crosscarmellose sodium
Crystalline fructose
Cyclodextrin
Decyl glucoside
Decyl polyglucose
Dextrin
Dextrose (also found in IV solutions)
Dextrose anything (such as monohydrate or anhydrous)
d-Gluconic acid
Distilled white vinegar
Drying agent
Erythorbic acid
Erythritol
Ethanol
Ethocel 20
Ethylcellulose
Ethylene
Ethyl acetate
Ethyl alcohol
Ethyl maltol
Flavorings
Food starch
Fructose
Fruit juice concentrate
Fumaric acid
Germ/germ meal
Gluconate
Gluconic acid
Glucono delta-lactone
Gluconolactone
Glucosamine
Glucose
Glucose syrup (also found in IV solutions)
Glutamate
Gluten
Gluten feed/meal
Glycerides
Glycerin
Glycerol
Golden syrup
Grits
High fructose corn syrup
Hominy
Honey
Hydrolyzed corn
Hydrolyzed corn protein
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose pthalate (HPMCP)
Inositol
Invert syrup or sugar
Iodized salt
Lactate
Lactic acid
Lauryl glucoside
Lecithin
Linoleic acid
Lysine
Magnesium fumarate
Maize
Malic acid
Malonic acid
Malt syrup from corn (barley malt is fine)
Malt, malt extract
Maltitol
Maltodextrin
Maltol
Maltose
Mannitol
Methyl gluceth
Methyl glucose
Methyl glucoside
Methylcellulose
Microcrystaline cellulose
Modified cellulose gum
Modified corn starch
Modified food starch
Molasses (corn syrup may be present; know your product)
Mono and di glycerides
Monosodium glutamate
MSG
Natural flavorings
Olestra/Olean
Polenta
Polydextrose
Polylactic acid (PLA)
Polysorbates (e.g. Polysorbate 80)
Polyvinyl acetate
Potassium citrate
Potassium fumarate
Potassium gluconate
Powdered sugar
Pregelatinized starch
Propionic acid
Propylene glycol
Propylene glycol monostearate
Saccharin
Salt (iodized salt)
Simethicone
Sodium carboxymethylcellulose
Sodium citrate
Sodium erythorbate
Sodium fumarate
Sodium lactate
Sodium starch glycolate
Sodium stearoyl fumarate
Sorbate
Sorbic acid
Sorbitan
Sorbitan monooleate
Sorbitan tri-oleate
Sorbitol
Sorghum (not all is bad; the syrup and/or grain CAN be mixed with corn)
Starch (any kind that's not specified)
Stearic acid
Stearoyls
Sucrose
Sugar (not identified as cane or beet)
Tocopherol (vitamin E)
Treacle (aka golden syrup)
Triethyl citrate
Unmodified starch
Vanilla, natural flavoring
Vanilla, pure or extract
Vanillin
Vegetable anything that's not specific
Vinegar, distilled white
Vinyl acetate
Vitamin C and Vitamin E
Vitamins
Xanthan gum
Xylitol
Yeast
Zea mays
Zein
PRODUCTS THAT MAY CONTAIN
CORN
Adhesives
and gummed papers (envelopes, stamps, stickers, tapes)
Body powders
Bounce dryer sheets
Breath spray and candies
Chicken
Coffee, instant
Condiments (mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup)
Contact lens solutions
Cream
Dairy products (cottage cheese, cheese, sour cream)
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)
Herbal Essence products
Lotion (including those that contain Vitamin E)
Margarine
Meat products (hot dogs, sausage)
Orange juice (the frozen kinds appear to be okay)
Paper containers (boxes, cups, plates)
Peanut butter
Pickles
Pork
Ricotta cheese
Salad dressings
Soaps and dishwashing detergents
Suntan lotions
Teas
Tomato products
Toothpaste
Tuna fish
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