CAN EAT

AVOID

Beverages:

Milk; coffee; tea; fruit and

vegetable juices; carbonated beverages not sweetened with corn syrup.

Beverages sweetened with corn syrup. Flavored milk drinks.

Bread:

Breads, crackers, rolls, quick, breads not made with cornmeal or sweetened with corn syrup.

Corn bread and bread products sweetened with corn syrup, polenta, corn torillas.

Candy:

Candy not sweetened with corn syrup or with corn additives.

Candy sweetened with corn syrup or thickened with corn starch. Chewing gum.

Cereal:

All except corn cereals

Read Labels because some other cereals may contain corn ingredients including corn syrup.

Corn Cereals such as corn flakes; grits; hominy; maize; cereals with corn ingredients.

Desserts:

Desserts that are not sweetened with corn syrup. Desserts not made with baking powder.

Most commercial desserts. Desserts sweetened with corn syrup. Desserts thickened with corn starch such as glazes, candies.  Desserts made with baking powder. Marshmallows.

Fats and oils:

Butter, margarine, vegetable oils.

Fruits:

All fresh, dried, canned, and cooked fruits not sweetened with corn syrup or thickened with corn starch.

Canned fruits sweetened with corn syrup.  Cooked fruits thickened with corn starch.

Meat and

Meat substitutes:

Meat, fish, poultry, and cheese prepared without corn products. Natural, unsweetened peanut butter and nut butters.

Peanut butter with corn syrup. Some hot dogs and smoked meat products.  Processed cheese may contain cornstarch, polenta.

Potato and Pasta:

Homemade potato and pasta dishes

Packaged potato and pasta mixes.

CAN EAT

AVOID

Sauces:

Sauces not thickened with corn starch or sweetened with corn sweeteners.

Clear cooked sauces that have been thickened with corn starch.  Commercial sauce mixes.

Seasonings:

All spices and herbs.

Soups:

Soups that have not been thickened with corn starch.

Soups thickened with cornstarch or vegetable starch or with unknown ingredients.

Sweets and Snacks:

Cane or beet sugars; honey, jam, jelly and syrups not made with corn syrup.

Corn syrup; some brown sugars contain corn; powdered sugar a small amount of corn jellies, jams, and candies sweetened with corn syrup or thickened with cornstarch. Equal sweetener. Popcorn or tortilla chips.

Vegetables:

Fresh, frozen or canned vegetables that are not prepared with corn syrup or corn starch.

Vegetables sweetened with corn syrup, like candied sweet potatoes, cooked vegetables thickened with cornstarch. Many commercially prepared vegetables.