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Corn Free Diet

Food Groups Foods Allowed Foods to Avoid BREADS AND GRAINS White or whole grain bread made without Graham crackers, corn bread, corn chips, corn , , corn-free enriched and whole bread, cereal. Crackers containing corn or corn grain cereals products such as: , cornmeal, cornstarch, corn muffins, English muffins, waffles, frits, hominy, cornflakes, most sweetened cereal STARCHES Potatoes, sweet potatoes, pasta Rice coated with cornstarch, sauces made with cornstarch, prepackaged mixes with grains and sauces VEGETABLES Fresh, frozen or canned vegetables except for Canned, creamed, mixed vegetables, oriental style those in "excluded vegetables, items containing corn sweetener or starch, picked in vinegar, corn, hominy, succotash, , , pickles FRUITS Fresh and frozen fruit, canned fruit packed in Canned, frozen or juice packed with "sugar added" or water or fruit juice heavy or light syrup MILK AND MILK Milk, cheese, plain yogurt, Infant formula- Sweetened yogurt, sweetened condensed milk, PRODUCTS read the label and check the ingredients from chocolate milk, cheese spread, ice cream, puddings the manufacturer MEAT AND MEAT Plain beef, poultry, fish, lamb, tuna, nuts (raw Processed or cured meats, bacon, luncheon meats, hot PRODUCTS or roasted) eggs dogs, ham( cured or tenderized), sausage, canned meats with gravy, cornmeal breaded meats or fish, some sandwich spreads, peanut butter, egg substitutes SNACK FOODS Potato chips, pretzels Popcorn FATS AND OILS Butter, margarine, vegetable oil, salad , salad dressings with corn oil (unlikely to be dressings sensitive to oils), corn oil margarine, salad dressing thickened with cornstarch, mayonnaise

What items on a food label might contain corn?

Corn and Corn Flower and Sweetener Starch

Cornmeal Dextrose/Dextrin Sorbitol

Grits Popcorn Vinegar

Baking Powder Vegetable Gum

Corn Oil Gum (Vegetable)

Hominy High Fructose Corn Syrup

Maize Powdered Sugar