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emcmaster
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Corn-free is SO much harder than gluten-free, even though I've now been corn-free for a year.

Does anyone know if Celestial Seasonings teas (labeled gluten-free) are ok to drink with a corn-intolerance? I *think* they are not my problem, but I've been sick on and off for the last 2 weeks, which just happened to coincide with when I started drinking them.

I also bought some Sara Lee smoked turkey breast at the deli on Friday, but I asked them to clean off the slicer and the ingredients looked ok. Wonder if it could be that....

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tarnalberry Community Regular
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I think a lot of lunch meat uses citric acid... Citric acid is usually corn derived in the US, no?

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I think a lot of lunch meat uses citric acid... Citric acid is usually corn derived in the US, no?

i'm not sure if this is a stupid question, but why would you think citric acid would come from corn? One has nothing to do with the other.

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tarnalberry
Posted

Because it does. Open Original Shared Link

(Other references: Open Original Shared Link, Open Original Shared Link, Open Original Shared Link)

Of course it doesn't *have* to be derived from corn, but it *can* be derived from corn.

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happygirl
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Elizabeth: if you haven't seen this yet-Open Original Shared Link

Most processed foods (including lunchmeats) are going to have corn in them. I was corn free at one point last year and in order to be 100% corn free (which, not everyone needs to be), it takes out about 99% of processed foods.

If you want to list the ingredients here, I'm sure someone with corn problems will chime in.

Good luck.

RiceGuy Collaborator
RiceGuy
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I actually asked a well-known manufacturer about their citric acid recently, and they told me it was from corn.

gfcookie Newbie
gfcookie
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I actually asked a well-known manufacturer about their citric acid recently, and they told me it was from corn.

hmm, thats really interesting. learn something new every day.

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It is my understanding that almost all citric acid used in the US is derived from corn. This was my last holdout in relation to going corn free and I am about to give it up to see if it improves my current problems (which do seem to be very suspiciously like the reaction I had to corn on my elimination diet).

I would suggest browsing in the Delphi Avoiding Corn forum. I don't know the link but you can Google it.

Also, check out the list of corn and gluten free foods at Open Original Shared Link

I'm not sure that this is an exhaustive list of all safe foods, but corn and gluten free cuts out most of the prepared/prepackaged stuff if you truly go completely corn free (which, as someone else mentioned, not everyone needs to do).

There is also a list of corn derived and corn based ingredients on corn allergen.com Open Original Shared Link

I hope some of that is helpful.

One other thought, do you use Splenda? I just found out from my mother that it is made from corn. No wonder that new Diet Coke with Splenda was a really bad experience for me.

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