Corn and Soy-based Food Ingredients
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GE varieties of corn and soybean are widely grown in the US. Many food ingredients are made from corn and soybean. Do you know which of the ingredients on this product label are come from corn and soybean?
   

Common food ingredients derived from corn and soybeans

The following is a partial list of many common food ingredients derived from corn and/or soybeans (listed together because there is some overlap). These ingredients are either extracted directly from corn or soybeans (flour, starch, oil, etc) or are ingredients made using corn- or soy- based derivatives as source materials (example: vitamins derived from corn sugars). Most of these ingredients are so highly processed or refined that it is not possible to determine whether they came from GE or non-GE corn or soybean varieties (or a mixture of both).

  • Ascorbate (Vitamin C)
  • Aspartame
  • Beta-carotine (pro-Vitamin A)
  • Caramel
  • Carotenoids
  • Cellulose
  • Cobalamin (Vitamin B12)
  • Corn Flour
  • Corn Masa
  • Corn Meal
  • Corn Oil
  • Corn Starch
  • Corn Syrup
  • Cystein
  • Dextrin
  • Dextrose
  • Fructose
  • Glucose
  • Glutamate
  • Gluten
  • Hemicellulose
  • High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • Inositol
  • Invert Sugars
  • Lactose
  • Lactoflavin
  • Lecithin
  • Leucine
  • Lysine
  • Maltose
  • Methionine
  • Methylcellulose
  • Modified Starch
  • Mono- and Diglycerides
  • Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
  • Niacin
  • Phenylalanine
  • Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
  • Sorbitol
  • Soy Flour
  • Soy Isolate
  • Soy Isoflavones
  • Soy Lecithin
  • Soy Protein
  • Soybean Oil
  • Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)
  • Threonine
  • Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
  • Tryptophan
  • Vanilla Extract (contains corn syrup)
  • Vegetable Fat
  • Vegetable Oil
  • Xanthan Gum
  • Zein

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