Miss Roben's Products - removed

We're sad to see it go, but Allergygrocer.com has gone out of business. Thus the removal of these products from the list.  These products may be returned to the list in future though..

"The Miss Roben’s brand of allergen free baking mixes, flours, and ingredients has been purchased and will be available in the very near future."

Since these products/brand is now owned by an unknown quanity/company, these products will need to be re-evaluated for their safety. 

Amy's Kitchen products - Removed

We've removed all Amy's products from our corn-free list. They needed to be re-evaluated anyway, but this posting on our Facebook page in response to an inquiry about corn in their products pushed my hand to remove all their products.

"If Amy's Kitchen adds corn to a product or buys an ingredient that lists corn as a component, it will be shown on our ingredient statement. We are aware that very small amounts of corn based ingredients are sometimes used in the manufacture of ingredients. In many of these instances, the FDA does not require that the corn component be labeled therefore we are not made aware of the corn use from our suppliers. If some corn ingredient was used somewhere in the processing of an ingredient and it was not labeled, it is because the use level is very low (considered incidental) and could have been removed during the manufacture of the ingredient. In these instances, we do not believe there is a dangerous level of protein or DNA from the corn as used in our product"

In other words, an ingredient can be processed using corn and Amy's will still label it "corn-free" because they can (legally it is allowed, even if it may not be safe for corn allergies). Amy's corn-free claims are not be trusted at this point, so use extreme caution with any of their products.


(Products may be allowed back onto the list, but only if they pass human-testing first.)

Annie's Mac & Cheese - not entirely corn-free.

Most Annie's products have been consistently proven to be problematic for those with sensitive corn allergies, and we've had several posts about their seemingly safe looking products being removed from our lists.

Their Mac & Cheese was officially removed a while ago, though it doesn't seem like we made a post about it.  The Mac & Cheese looks good on the label but did not pass our human testing sufficiently.

The annatto coloring agent is suspected but also those products without annatto have caused reactions. The cause of the reactions is unknown at this point but thought to be part of the cheese flavoring packet.

Those less sensitive may find they do well with the product now and then, but it is not recommended for those really sensitive to corn.

Our articles on other Annie's products:
Annie's Organic Ketchup - removed
Annie's Naturals - Salad Dressings
Annie's Homegrown bunnies - removed

There are a couple Annie's products still on the  list. Their plain pastas and their mustard. Please use extreme caution with any of their other products.

Removed -- Cento Tomato products

Cento canned tomato products are being removed from The List due to multiple reported reactions, here: Delphi - Avoiding Corn.

We have not yet had company confirmation on where the corn may be coming from, though with tomatoes the usual suspects are ascorbic or citric acid used to balance ph levels in the canning process.

Lara Bars

It has recently come to my attention that Lara Bars may no longer be corn-free. Some bars now have "natural flavors" listed on the ingredients.

Also, See Delphi - Avoiding Corn: "Lara Bars, Alert" for reported reactions.

A member of Delphi Forums has contacted the company and I'll post an update when I hear anything. Until then, Lara Bars has been removed from the Corn-Free List.

Annie's Naturals Ketchup - removed

Annie's Naturals has been reformulating their ketchup it seems, so make sure to read your labels.

A company response from Annie's Naturals as posted on Delphi, states that: "The bottles of Organic Ketchup that say "distilled white vinegar from apples" contain distilled white vinegar from apples. The bottles of Organic Ketchup that simply list "distilled white vinegar" contain distilled white vinegar from either corn or beets depending on availability."

A later post, states that the apple vinegar seems to be on its way out, and the corn vinegar seems to be the newer products.

On this note, Annie's Naturals Ketchup will be removed from any future lists until the company changes the recipe back to apple vinegar completely.

Triaminic - Children's Nighttime Cold & Cough

Triaminic - Children's Nighttime Cold & Cough was on our list for quite a while and needed to be re-verified anyway. However, it seems that the product has been reformulated, and there has been new company confirmation (Delphi) that the product does contain corn.

The product will no longer appear on the corn-free list.