Food Sources of Sulfites

Alcoholic Beverages:

• Beer
• Cocktail mixes
• Most distilled liquors
• Wine
• Wine coolers

(Labeling of sulfites in alcoholic beverages is required if the concentration is 10 parts per million or greater.)

Baked Goods:

• Bread with dough conditioners
• Cookies
• Crackers
• Crepes
• Mixes with dried fruits or vegetables
• Pie crust
• Pizza crust
• Quiche crust
• Soft pretzels
• Tortillas and tortilla shells
• Waffles

Condiments and Relishes:

• Horseradish
• Olives
• Onion and pickle relishes
• Pickles
• Salad dressing mixes
• Wine vinegar

Confections and Frostings:

• All canned or packaged frosting mixes

Dairy Product Analogs:

• All processed 'cheese foods' containing filled milk (skim milk enriched in fat content by addition of vegetable oils)

Dried Vegetables:

• Chives
• Herbs and spices
• Parsley

Fish and Shellfish (fresh):

• Scallops
• Shrimp

Fish and Shellfish (frozen, canned, dried):

• Clams
• Crab
• Dried cod
• Lobster
• Scallops
• Shrimp

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables:

• 'Fresh cut' potatoes (as delivered to restaurants)
• Grapes (sulfur dioxide is used as a fungicide on grapes)

Gelatins, Puddings, Fillings:

• Flavored and unflavored gelatin
• Fruit fillings
• Jelling agents
• Pectin

Grain Products and Pasta:

• Batters
• Breading
• Cornstarch
• Gravies
• Hominy
• Modified food starch
• Noodle/rice mixes
• Spinach pasta

Hard Candies:

• All clear, hard candy

Jams and Jellies:

• All jams and jellies

Nuts and Nut Products:

• Shredded coconut

Plant-Protein Products:

• Soy protein products including tofu, textured vegetable protein, and infant formula

Processed Fruits:

• All dried fruit, including raisins and prunes
• Canned, bottled or frozen fruit
• Glazed fruit
• Maraschino cherries

Processed Vegetables:

• All frozen vegetables (including french fries, deli potato salad)
• Canned vegetables (including potatoes)
• Dried vegetables
• Instant mashed potatoes
• Pickled vegetables (including sauerkraut, cauliflower and peppers)
• Vegetable juices

Refined Sugar:

• All sugars, including brown, white, powdered, and raw

Snack Foods:

• Dried fruit snacks
• Filled Crackers
• Potato chips
• Tortilla chips
• Trail mixes

Copyright 1998 - 2008 by L. Vicky Crouse, ND and James S. Reiley, ND. All rights reserved (ISSN 1527-0661).