No HFCS List
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This is a list I have compiled (and am actively adding to) of products which do not contain HFCS. These are all products that now seems to contain HFCS more often than not - so I am posting when I come across a brand/variety that does not contain it (last I checked, anyway).
If you have some finds you’d like to share on this list, send me the info, and I will add it here.
BREAD
- Amana Multi Grain Bread
- Aunt Millie’s Old Fashioned Butter-Top Wheat
- Brownberry’s Arnold Natural Health Nut Bread
- Country Hearth 12-Grain Bread
- Earth Grains 100% Natural 7-Grain Bread
- Franz “McKenzie Farms” Old Fashioned Buttermilk Bread
- Milton’s Bread (most, if not all)
- Natures Own 100% Whole Wheat bread (note, other varieties do contain HFCS, but not this one)
- Oroweat Mult-Grain Bread (but watch out for HFCS in their other varietes)
- Martin’s Breads & Rolls (including hot dog buns/rolls and such)
- Pepperidge Farms 100% Natural Breads
- Pepperidge Farms Whole Grain Wheat Bread
- Rudi’s Organic Bakery Buns
- Vermont Bread Company breads
CEREAL
- Cheerios
- Giant brand Instant Oatmeal - most flavors
- Kashi (most, if not all)
- Kix
- Life ceral (regular and cinnamon)
- Nature’s Pride Organic (most, if not all, varieties)
- Kellogg’s Reduced Sugar Froot Loops
- Trader Joe’s Graham Bites Cereal
CONDIMENTS
- Annie’s Naturals Organic Ketchup
- Annie’s Naturals Organic Honey Mustard
- Annie’s Naturals Smokey Maple BBQ Sauce
- Cascadian Farms Sweet Pickle Relish
- Frenchs Honey Dijon Mustard (I don’t think most regular mustard contains hfcs, but a lot of the “honey” mustard does, which is why I’m listing some honey mustards here that don’t.)
- Frontera BBQ (Barbecue) Sauce
- Gates BBQ Sauce (a barbecue sauce mainly found in the Kansas City area)
- Heinz Organic Ketchup
- Hellman’s Mayonaise
- Meijer Organic Sweet Relish
- Nature’s Best Organic Tomato Ketchup
- Vlasic Sweet Gherkins
- Woeber Sweet And Spicy Mustard
- Consorzio Bbq Sauce Organic Original
- Trader Joe’s Hot and Sweet Mustard
CRACKERS
- Dare Vinta Crackers
- Milton’s (most, if not all)
- Pepperidge Farm Goldfish
MARINADES
- Acadia Naturals Tuscan Grill Marinade
- Consorzio Brand Marinades
PEANUT BUTTER
- Jif Peanut Butter
- Skippy Super Chunk Peanut Butter
- Trader Joe’s brand Creamy, Unsalted Peanut Butter
SALAD DRESSINGS
- Annie’s Naturals Goddess Dressing
- Annie’s Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette
- Blanchard & Blanchard (Country Italian & Caeser Parmesan)
- Brianna’s Blush Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
- Drew’s Salad Dressings
- Olde Cape Cod Traditional Caeser Lite
ICE CREAM / FROZEN NOVELTIES
- Ben & Jerry’s (most, if not all, varieties, but watch for the kinds that add bits of candy bars and cookies)
- Breyer’s All Natural Ice Cream
- Dreyers/Edys Strawberry Fruit Ice Cream Bars
- Haagen Dazs Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Bars
- Breyers Pure Fruit Strawberry Fruit Bars
- Stoneyfield Farms
COOKIES
- Archway’s Molasses Cookies
- Destrooper Almond Thins Cookie
- Destrooper Butter Crisp Cookies
- Keebler Pecan Sandies Cookies
- Keebler Simply Sandies Cookies
- Lu Le Petit Beurre Cookies
- Lu Scottish Recipe Shortbread
- Mi-Del Snaps Ginger
- Nature’s Best Chocolate Sandwich Creme Cookies
- Newmans Wheat Free Fig Newton Cookies
- Newmans Own Ginger Os Ginger N Creme Cookies
- NewmanS Own Alphabet Cookies
- Pepperidge Farms Butter Chessman Cookies
- Pepperidge Farm 100% Natural Varieties
CHOCOLATE
- Cadbury - Most Varieties
- Hershey’s Symphony
- Hershey’s 100 Calorie Wafer Bar
- Hershey Skor Candy Bar
- Hershey Special Dark Candy Bar
- Dove - Most varieties
OTHER CANDYJELLIES, JAMS AND PRESERVES
- Bonne Maman Preserves
- Hero Jams & Jellies
- Smuckers Organic Strawberry Preserves
- St Dalfour Preserves
- Trader Joe’s Reduced Sugar Organic Strawberry Preserves
MAPLE SYRUP
- Trader Joe’s Organic Maple Syrup
- Pretty much any actual maple syrup is devoid of hfcs - most “pancake syrup” does not even have any maple syrup in it and is pretty much all sweetener and water and “stuff”
PASTA SAUCES
- Classico (Most varieties)
SODA POP
- Archer Farms brand Natural Italian soda
- Bawls Guarana Soda (most varieties)
- Blue Sky Soft Drinks
- Boylan’s Sodas
- Cheerwine (the glass bottle varieties)
- Jones Pure Cane Soda
- Goose Island
- Dublin Dr. Pepper (Dr. Pepper from a bottling plant in Dublin, Texas)
- Nantucket Nectars
- Virgil’s Sodas (the cream, cherry and root beer varieties)
SPORTS DRINKS
- Accellerate
OTHER BEVERAGES
- Bolthouse Farms C-Boost Smoothie
- Bolthouse Farms Vegetable Juice
- Capri Sun ALL NATURAL 100% Juice
- Horizon Flavored Milks (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry)
- Ocean Spray Grapefruit Juice
- Ovaltine (dry chocolate drink mix)
- Simply Juice (orange, limeade, and lemonade)
- Sweet Leaf Tea
YOGURT
- Breyer’s
- Brown Cow
- Dannon All Natural Vanilla Yogurt
- Dannon All Natural Coffee Yogurt
- Dannon Lite & Fit Vanilla Yogurt
- Great Value Light Nonfat Yogurt (most varieties, if not all)
- Horizon Organic Fat Free Yogurt
- Nancys Reduced Fat Plain
- Nancy’s Whole Milk Honey Yogurt
- Stoneyfield Farm Yogurt
- Stoneyfield Farm Yobaby Yogurt
GRANOLA BARS
- Kashi
- Nature Valley Oats & Honey flavor granola bars
OTHER
- Cool Whip Sugar Free
Hall of Shame - Campbell’s Soup At Hand Creamy Tomato Soup
A new feature here at High-Fructose High - the Hall of Shame!
When a product that most people would not expect to have a sweetener in it lists high-fructose corn syrup in it, it is a contender for the Hall of Shame!
Today’s entry into the High-Fructose High Hall of Shame is Campbell’s Soup At Hand Creamy Tomato Soup. High-fructose corn syrup is listed as the THIRD ingredient!
Tomato puree, water, high fructose corn syrup…
WHY? That puts 1 serving of soup at 34 grams of carbohydrates (24 grams of which are SUGAR carbohydrates) - according to their own label.
That is, in my opinion, not much better than drinking a can of pop for lunch and popping a vitamin c lozenge. Your thoughts are welcome in the comments section!
BEWARE: You Can’t Go By the “Natural” Label When Choosing non-HFCS Products
In what I truly thought was a joke, the FDA has said that, because the enzyme used in the high-fructose corn syrup process is not contained in the final product, that it can’t be said that high-fructose corn syrup is not natural. Or some such vague verbiage that sounds cop-outish to me.
Whatever THAT means, what it means for you is that you can no longer go by the “100% Natural” label if you are trying to choose products which contain no hfcs. Unless the product says “organic” or “contiains no high-fructose corn syrup,” you’re going to have to go back to turning over every product while shopping and read the ingredients list.
That also means that there is the potential for some items on this site’s “no hfcs products list” to revert to having hfcs in them. I hope not. But if you spot any discrepencies, please do let me know.
Three Additions Today
Under “Beverages” we have Blue Sky Soft Drinks and Archer Farms brand Natural Italian soda.
And under “Bread” we have Franz “McKenzie Farms” Old Fashioned Buttermilk Bread
Continued thanks to everyone who writes in! I can personally vouch for tastiness of the McKenzie Farms bread. The more natural a product is, the closer to homemade it seems to taste. This bread is good for sandwiches and especially toast!
Trader Joe’s 100% Maple Syrup
It will probably come as no surprise to most that Trader Joe’s has 100% Maple Syrup (no high-fructose corn syrup, of course) and Organic 100% Maple Syrup (No HFCS there, either).
But I was surprised to find it for about half the price the super-market sells it for. I have eliminated HFCS out of most of my diet (that I know of), but it’s not always easy when you have a child. Especially if that child likes pancakes on occasion.
I had always found the price of real maple syrup prohibitive. But I’m happy to report my find today at Trader Joe’s, and that I brought home a bottle of it in my grocery sack this afternoon. I am very happy about this!
Increasingly, it seems that Trader Joe’s has nearly every type of item you would find in a regular grocery store with the exceptions that it is better quality, healthier, fresher, less expensive, and the staff is down-to-Earth, friendly, and happy you are there!
I guess I’ll make a new category on High-Fructose High for “Raves.” And this post about Trader Joe’s gets to be the innaugural entry!
Grilling Season: Alternative to Pre-Made Marinades
Now is the time on High-Fructose High where we share a little Link Love! Bart over at Bart Modern’s Bowleg wrote a great post on mindfulness when making food choices. He talks about grilling and how it “lines up nicely” with healthier eating and healthier choices.
My favorite part is the last two paragraphs where he describes how easy it is to make your own marinade/rub, complete with directions and grilling info. Check it out!
CHEWY Granola Bars With No HFCS
The Corn Refiner’s Association tells us that high-fructose corn syrup is what makes your favorite chewy cookies, granola bars, etc. so chewy. Some manufacturers do go that route, sure. But there are other ways to make bakery items chewy without using hfcs! (I’ll post my chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe later!)
But this post is about a new chewy granola bar by Amish Naturals, set to be on store shelves next month! Since it’s not out yet, I can’t add it to the list (yet). But when it does come out I will not only add it to the list, but I’ll write a review here for it as well.
According to this press release, the chewy granola bars will come in the following flavors:
Dark Chocolate (Five 1.4 oz bars per carton; each bar contains 2 grams of fiber and 4 grams of protein)
Peanut Butter (Five 1.4 oz bars per carton; each bar contains 3 grams of fiber and 5 grams of protein)
Fiber-Rich Peanut Butter (Five 1.4 oz bars per carton; each bar contains 7 grams of fiber and 4 grams of protein)
Fiber-Rich Fruit and Nut (Five 1.4 oz bars per carton; each bar contains 7 grams of fiber and 4 grams of protein)
Happy Earth Day, April 20, 2008, From High-Fructose High!
Here is a beautiful photo montage of the beauty found in nature, posted on YouTube by LordyByron:
Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney talk about “King Corn” in Online Chat
I try in this blog never to simply link to something else on the internet with no other content in the blog post - I’m here to provide information, not just link to it! But I came across a transcript of an Online Chat that happened on April 16, 2008, with Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis who are the makers of the documentary, “King Corn.”
It’s really excellent reading (these guys are not just super-knowledgable, but funny as well), and I highly recommend it. Follow this link to the chat transcript.
‘King Corn’ comes out on DVD April 29, 2008.
Newest Finds: A Lot of Additions
The first two additions are finds by me:
- Kellogg’s Reduced Sugar Froot Loops
- Capri Sun ALL NATURAL 100% Juice
The rest of the additions were sent in by reader Jennifer a.k.a. Tiger of http://www.tigertorreart.com/ . Thanks, Tiger!
- Vermont Bread Company breads
- Trader Joe’s brand Creamy, Unsalted Peanut Butter - much better tasting
- Trader Joe’s Reduced Sugar Organic Strawberry Preserves
- Trader Joe’s Hot and Sweet Mustard - an excellent honey mustard
- Nature Valley Oats & Honey flavor granola bars
- Giant brand Instant Oatmeal - most flavors
Be sure to send in any of your finds! The more who contribute, the better the list! I’ll even include a link your website, if you have one. And be sure to sign up for the RSS feed by e-mail so you can be alerted to new additions!
Thank you to everyone who has made this list so significant!
Newest Find: Kashi’s TLC (Tasty Little Crackers)
Thank you to reader Emily for alerting us all to a new non-hfcs find: Kashi’s TLC (Tasty Little Crackers). It’s amazing to me how many crackers actually have high-fructose corn syrup in them.
If you find something to go on the list, please use the contact tab to share it with all of us. The more eyes watching for these types of items, the better! In the near future I plan to set up a searchable database to make it easier to find what you are looking for here. In the meantime, at least the foods with no high-fructose corn syrup list is categorized.
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