APPENDIX L
Corn-Containing Foods
Products and Ingredients Commonly Containing Corn
Beverages
Cereals
Candies
Canned fruits
Citric acid (organic applesauce)
Corn alcohol
Corn extract
Corn gluten
Corn meal
Corn solids
Cornstarch
Corn sweetener
Corn syrup
Corn flour
Corn/vegetable oil
Dextrose
Envelopes (the gum that is usually licked to seal an envelope)
High fructose corn syrup (used to sweeten everything from yogurt to salad dressings)
Hydrolized corn
Hydrolized corn protein
Iodized salt (dextrose)
Jams
Maize
Malt syrup from corn
Maltitol (derived from corn, used in gum)
Modified cornstarch
Monosodium glutamate
Mineral-enhanced water
Natural flavors
Perfume
Prepared meats like hot dogs and deli meats
Popcorn
Sauces
Shampoo
Snack foods
Soaking pads for fresh meat products
Sorbitol (derived from corn, used in toothpaste, gum)
Syrups
Tea bags (corn is used to adhere the teabags together)
Toothpaste
Vanilla extract
Vegetable oils
Vitamin D (in fortified milk)
Vitamin E
Wax used on vegetables (cucumbers)
Yeast packets (as ascorbic acid)
Zea mays
Zein
Corn Foods and Their Alternatives
Corn Foods
Substitutes
Baking Powder
Corn-free baking powder
Corn tortillas
Wheat, spelt, brown rice, teff, or coconut flour tortillas
Corn flour
Wheat, spelt, rice, oat, coconut, amaranth, or potato flour
Corn starch
Tapioca starch, arrowroot powder, potato starch
Corn oil
Olive oil, coconut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil
Corn syrup/sweeteners
Stevia, honey, maple syrup, brown rice syrup, agave syrup, cane sugar
Vanilla extract
Corn-free vanilla extract