Ingredient Lists

It's not hard. Read the ingredients and NEVER ASSUME. Tofu got me last night, I didn't check the ingredients, there was corn starch. *sigh*

Good news though. The symptoms are more manageable and I notice them even with smaller quantities. Essentially, I don't eat enough to build up a huge reaction. I didn't eat much of the tofu, thank goodness. But at mom's this weekend I had some contaminated cranberries. I ate five or so then walked away ... testing them. Within 20 minutes I was mildly nauseous. Score!

Kroger Pasta - cornless.
Premium Selections (Kroger) - Organic Potato Chips with Sea Salt - cornless.
Kroger cheese - confirmed to have corn by kroger themselves (bastards!!).

Corn Smoker?

I quit smoking in February in response to my stomach pain. On a whim, I decided to try to locate the ingredients of my brand of choice to see if I was smoking corn. The list below comes from the Parlaiment UK website as an appendix to a legal filing regarding cigarettes ... I didn't read the whole thing, but I like to imagine that legal evidence is pretty reliable information. Potential corn allergen information comes from the connor site which is linked on the right.

Camel Lights 84 mm
Substances on Product in decreasing order of addition level

Glycerol (can be corn derived)
Honey (can be corn contaminated)
Calcium carbonate
Cocoa
Propylene glycol (can be corn derived)
Guar gum
Licorice root, fluid, extract and powder
Fruits, fresh, dried extracts and esters thereof
Cellulose fibre (this one makes me nervous, but fibre isn't specifically listed as an allergen)
Flavourings
Maple syrup, extract and concentrate
Polyvinyl alcohol
Citric acid and its tri-potassium and tri-sodium salts (can be corn derived)
Magnesium oxide

Corn allergy? for gods sake don't smoke...