What should I avoid if I am on a Low FODMAP diet?
BASIC GUIDE OF High FODMAP food (things to avoid / reduce)
Vegetables and Legumes
· Garlic – avoid eating (can have garlic infused garlic oil or replacer)
· Onions – avoid eating (can have infused onion oil or replacer)
· Artichoke
· Asparagus
· Baked beans
· Beetroot
· Black eyed peas
· Broad beans
· Butter beans
· Cauliflower
· Celery – greater than 5cm of stalk
· Kidney beans
· Leeks
· Mange Tout
· Mushrooms
· Peas
· Savoy Cabbage
· Soy beans
· Split peas
· Scallions / spring onions (bulb / white part) (can have green tops)
· Shallots
Fruit – some fruits can contain high fructose
· Apples
· Apricots
· Avocado
· Blackberries
· Cherries
· Currants
· Dates
· Feijoa
· Figs
· Grapefruit
· Lychee
· Mango
· Nectarines
· Peaches
· Pears
· Persimmon
· Plums
· Pomegranate
· Prunes
· Raisins
· Tinned fruit in apple / pear juice
· Watermelon
Meats, Poultry and Meat Substitutes
· Chorizo
· Sausages
· Processed meat – check ingredients
Cereals, Grains, Breads, Biscuits, Pasta, Nuts and Cakes
· Wheat containing products such (be sure to check labels):
· Biscuits
· Breadcrumbs
· Cashews
· Cakes
· Croissants
· Crumpets
· Egg noodles
· Muffins
· Regular noodles
· Pastries
· Pasta made from wheat
· Sourdough
· Udon noodles
· Wheat bread
· Wheat cereals
· Wheat flour
· Wheat rolls
· Wheatgerm
· Barley
· Bran cereals
· Couscous
· Gnocchi
· Muesli
· Pistachios
· Rye
· Semolina
Condiments, Sweets, Sweeteners and Spreads
· Agavae
· Fructose
· Gravy, if it contains onion
· High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
· Honey
· Milk chocolate
· Relish
· Stock cubes - unless they are onion and garlic free
· Sugar free sweets containing polyols – usually ending in -ol or isomalt
· Inulin
· Isomalt
· Maltitol
· Mannitol
· Sorbitol
· Xylitol
Prebiotic Foods
· The follow items can be added to yoghurts, snack bars etc:
· FOS – fructooligosaccharides
· Inulin
· Oligofructose
Drinks
· Beer – if drinking more than one bottle
· Dandelion tea
· Fruit and herbal teas with apple added
· Fruit juices in large quantities
· Fruit juices made of apple, pear, mango
· Orange juice in quantities over 100ml
· Rum
· Sodas containing High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
· Soy milk made with soy beans – commonly found in USA
· Sports drinks
· Tea, fennel
· Tea, chamomile
· Tea, oolong
· Wine – if drinking more than one glass
Dairy Foods
· Buttermilk
· Cream cheese
· Cream
· Custard
· Gelato
· Ice cream
· Milk – cow, goat and sheep
· Sour cream
· Yoghurt – including greek yogurt
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