We are kind of nerds when it comes to food and what’s in that food. Because of that, we read a lot. Too much. So please enjoy some of the fruits (unless you are allergic then sub that for any other word) our googling and searching and reading has garnished.
Corn hides in a lot of food, here are a few foods to be particularly cautions about checking:
Salad dressings
Canned or frozen fruits sweetened with corn syrup
Dates and other fruit confections
Ice creams, sherbets
Chocolate milk, milk shakes, soy milks, eggnog
American wines, whiskey, gin, beer, ale
Carbonated beverages such as Coca-Cola, 7-Up, etc
Lemonade
Instant coffees
Powdered sugar
Jams and jellies
Candies
Catsup
Chewing gums
Sauces
White distilled vinegar
Monosodium glutamate
Baking powder
Cake yeast
Bleached flour
Gelatin capsules
Commercial soups
Peanut butter
Various meats (cold cuts, ham, hotdogs, sausages)
Breaded or fried foods
Cheese
Chili
Chop suey
Chow mein
Cheese spreads
Fish sticks
Mixed vegetables (frozen, canned)
Succotash
Pork and beans
Creamed vegetables
Breads dusted with corn meal
Graham crackers
Baking mixes
Pancakes (certain mixes)
Pancake syrups
English muffins
Gravy (thickened with corn starch, for instance)
Peanuts are equally sneaky and can be found places you wouldn’t think. Here are a few foods to be particularly cautions about checking:
Pastries
Commercial desserts
Peanut popcorn
Cookies
Potato chips (may be made with peanut oil)
Desserts (e.g. frozen desserts, frozen yogurts, ice cream, sundae toppings)
Prepared, dehydrated soup mixes
Dried salad dressings
Satay sauce
Egg roll/Imperial roll
(peanut butter may be used to seal egg rolls)
Thai food
Fried foods
Vegetarian meat substitutes
Fried snack foods
Almond and hazelnut pastes
Glazes
Baked goods (e.g. cakes, muffins, donuts, etc.)
Granola bars, energy bars or fruit bars
Cake icing
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolyzed plant protein
Candy
Icing
Cereals
Macaroons
Chili con carne (peanut butter may be used to thicken chili)
Marzipan
Chinese foods
Nougat
Chocolate bars
If you are not friendly with gluten then you probably already know what products to keep an eye on, but just in case, here are a few foods to be particularly cautions about checking:
Malt, malt flavoring and other malt products (barley)
Matzo
Pastas
Hot dogs and processed lunch-meats
Salad dressings
Sauces, including soy sauce (wheat)
Seasoned rice mixes
Seasoned snack foods, such as potato and tortilla chips
Self-basting poultry
Soups, bouillon or soup mixes
Vegetables in sauce
Beer, ale, porter, stout (usually contain barley)
Breads
Bulgur wheat
Cakes and pies
Candies
Cereals
Communion wafers
Cookies and crackers
Croutons
French fries
Gravies
Imitation meat or seafood
In Case You Want to Nerd Out Like Us:
https://www.glutenfreesociety.org/
https://www.unlockfood.ca/en/default.aspx
https://www.mayoclinic.org/
https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/food-allergies