Corn-free cheat sheet
When you’re new to corn-free living, reading ingredient labels is genuinely hard. Corn shows up under dozens of names that don’t say corn, and in Australia those ingredients don’t have to be flagged the way gluten or dairy do.
The Cheat Sheet is a quick-reference guide to the most common corn-derived ingredient names, written for Australian labels. It’s the thing we wished we’d had in the first week.
What’s inside
- Common ingredients that are often corn-derived: sugars, starches, thickeners, acids, and more
- Modified starches and E-numbers frequently made from corn, in the context of Australian labelling
- Food categories where corn derivatives tend to show up most often
- Australian-specific context throughout, including what’s common locally versus mostly seen in imports
It’s not an exhaustive list and it’s not a set of rules. Most families use it as a starting point and build on it as they go.
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This cheat sheet is based on what we learnt during our own transition to corn-free living in Australia. If it makes the first few weeks a little clearer for your family, it’s done its job.