I have been trying to cut down on time spent in the Grocery store. So I have been slowly trying to put together a list of brands that give you the most bang for your buck (health wise). Currently I'm looking for recommendations for WHOLE GRAIN foods. As well as ANYTHING ELSE you might want to add. Below is a list of products that DO NOT contain high fructose corn syrup.
Baking and Cooking Ingredients:
Betty Crocker 7-Layer Bar(mix)
Betty Crocker Dark Chocolate Brownie mix
Betty Crocker cake icing
Bisquick
Beverages:
Northland Cranberry Juice
China Cola
Dr.Pepper(original formula)
Jones Soda (recently announced that they were going back to real sugar)
Goose Island soda (Root Beer, Orange Soda)
Calistoga Juice Squeeze
Simply Orange juice products
Simply Lemonade
Tropicana OJ
Nestle NesQuik Chocolate Milk Mix
Nestle "Abuelita" Chocolate Syrup (Hispanic Section)
R.W. Knudsen Recharge (sports drink)
Fuze Drinks
TeaZazz
Bread:
Pepperidge Farms whole grain honey oat
Nature's Own Sugar Free 100% Whole Grain bread
Nature's Own -Honey 7 Grain
Nature's Own 100% whole wheat
Martins Potato breads and rolls
Thomas's Low Carb English Muffins
Thomas Hearty Grain Honey Wheat English Muffins (?)
Nature's Own -Healthline SugarFree Wholewheat
Ezekiel 4:9 sprouted grain breads (in freezer section)
Francisco International Extra Sour Dough bread (the regular Sour Dough has it!)
Pepperidge Farm Honey Wheatberry
Milton's Wheat and Multi-grain bread
Bagels from a local Jewish bakery
Kirkland brand (Costco) multigrain bread
Sara Lee Cinnamon Raisin
Pepperidge Farm whole grain bagel
Matthew's All Natural Bread
Amana Multi Grain Bread
Country Hearth 12-Grain Bread
Earth Grains 100% Natural 7-Grain Bread
Orrow Wheat Light 100% Whole Wheat
Rays New York Bagels
Whole Foods store brand hot dog and hamburger buns (they are whole wheat)
FlatOut Bread
Breakfast Cereals:
Post Grape-Nuts
Life Cereal/Cinnamon Life
Quaker Oatmeal
Cheerios
Most cereals labeled "Organic"
Kashi Go Lean (original and Crunch)
Barabara's Puffins
Chex Cereals (Wheat, Rice and Corn)
Kroger Apple Dapples
Post Honey Bunches of Oats
Great Value fruit and cream instant oatmeal
Breakfast Pasteries / Waffles / Bars:
Eggo Nutrigrain Blueberry
Kashi Go Lean and Heart to Heart Waffles
The TLC granola bars, by Kashi, all are HFCS free
Candy :
Lindt Lindor truffles (balls)
Cost Plus World Market has a lot of imported candy from Germany that I've found to be HFCS free.
Condiments:
Heinz organic tomato ketchup
French's Worcestershire
Farman's pickle relish
Mt. Olive Hamburger dill chips
Annie's Natural Organic Ketchup
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.)
Woeber Sweet And Spicy Mustard
Consorzio Bbq Sauce Organic Original
Whole Foods 365 Ketchup (both regular and Organic)
Kroger coctail sauce
Cookies and Cakes :
Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies
Kedem Tea Biscuits (reg. and chocolate) --- found in the Kosher section
Paul Newman sandwich cookies
Back to Nature peanut butter sandwich 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
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
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Most Imported (Europe) and Organic chocolate
Crackers :
Annies - Cheddar cheese bunnies and honey graham bunnies
Wasa Crisp Breads (all varieties)
Atheno's baked pita chips
Stacey's Naked Pita bread chips *note, have not seen HFCS in Hummus
Dare Vinta Crackers
Dairy :
Brown Cow vanilla yogurt
Southern Home Nonfat Plain Yogurt
Dannon Plain Yogurt*
Mountain High Yogurt (it appears all varieties are HFCS free)
Dannon All Natural Vanilla Yogurt
Dannon All Natural Coffee Yogurt
Horizon Organic Fat Free Yogurt
Nancys Reduced Fat Plain
Nancy's Whole Milk Honey Yogurt
Stoneyfield Farm Yobaby Yogurt
Fruits and Vegetables - Canned :
Motts Natural (No Sugar Added)Apple Sauce
Most no sugar added packed fruit --- please check labels
Granola Bars :
Nature Valley Roasted Nut Crunch bars
Kashi Bars
Odwalla Bars
Ice Cream
Breyers - All Natural Coffee
Breyers - All Natural Cherry Vanilla
Breyers - All Natural Mint Chocolate Chip
Luigi Italian Ice
Jam, Jelly, Syrup, Spreads :
Skippy Peanut Butter
Costco makes an organic peanut butter
Whole Foods brand peanut butter
Karo Dark (with Blue label)
Karo Brown Sugar syrup
Hero Jams (from Swizterland) --- can be found at Cost Plus World Market
Darbo Jams (from Austria) --- can be found at Cost Plus World Market
Whole foods brand (365) strawberry jam
Sarabeth Jam link (you can buy these jams marked down at Marshalls and TJ Max).
Smuckers organic grapy jelly
Safeway "O" Organics Maple Syrup
Pastries :
Try your local, family operated, pastry shop. Since HFCS is added to extend shelf life it is not generally found in family operated bakeries.
Salad Dressings :
Great Value (WalMart) Zesty Italian Dressing
Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise
HIdden Valley Ranch Old Fash.Buttermilk
Blue Plate Mayonnaise
Ken's Sweet Vidalia Onion dressing
Annie's Naturals organic papaya poppyseed salad dressing.
Annie's Naturals Goddess Dressing (check other Annie's too, quite a few are HFCS free).
Brianna's Homemade Blush Vinaigrette Salad Dressing (all varieties seem to be HFCS free)
Drew's Salad Dressings
Most Neumann's varieties
Sauces :
Barilla Pesto
Ken's Steak House Honey Teriyaki Marinade
Kikkoman Soy Sauce
Soy Vey Very Very Teriyaki --- check marinade section, also Kosher section
Snacks :
Frito's corn chips
Natural Cheetos
Soups:
Annie's Organic Soups
Thank you so much for the great input. I would LOVE to narrow the list down to include so many other healthful factors. Perhaps together we can make a newer more improved list. Thanks again. C.
Shopping at Trader Joe's in nice because NOTHING in the store has High Fructose Corn Syrup and their prices are cheap.
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Hi C.,
I had saved your question from April because I was just getting started investigating high fructose corn syrup. I now know it is something I need to try and stay away from. Your list has been very helpful, thanks. We are slowly trying to buy foods without it also. I was wondering if you have an updated list or any other info that you could share with me. It's too late for me to check others responses to you or maybe I just don't know how. Thanks J.
There are some good choices on your list, but you need to read the ingredient list a little closer. There are things on your list that contain trans fats, artificial colorings & flavorings, and preservatives which impact your health. I am giving a speech this Saturday, May 3rd from noon to 1pm at Universal Spirit Yoga in Naperville on "How to Read Food Labels" which includes ingredient lists. I'm a Naturopathic Doctor and I can help you devise a better food list to get the most "bang" for your health!
Wow, that is a great list you've got going! I haven't had the chance to do that and I am definitely printing it!
You can add some of the Aunt Millie's products to your list. If you go to www.auntmillies.com and click on the Eat Healthy sunflower, then on "No HFCS" and then "No HFCS products" they'll give you a list of the items without HFCS. You can do the same for Whole Grains. It looks like many or all of the WG products are on the HFCS list. I'm not sure what your requirements to be on the list are so I hesitate to clearly state that they belong there.
I accidentally stumbled across the Aunt Millie's bread when it was on sale at Meijer, and we LOVE it. Even the whole wheat variety is soft enough that my kids will eat it with no complaining. (This is not true of the Pepperidge farm breads, sadly.) It is really all I will buy now as I figure it's a small way to get HFCS out of our diets.
Thanks again for the list and I hope that helps you add some more. :)
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Kraft has come out with Whole Grain Mac & Cheese. My kids don't even notice the difference, however it is more expensive than the regular kind, but worth the money. Also,
Thomas's had whole grain bagels. Taste better than the regular. Thanks for the list!
