anything organic won't contain HFCS, look for cane sugar as the sweetner if it has one and keep reading labels, you will start knowing what to buy without even looking.
Nancy,
My daughter is allergic to corn (in all its forms) as well as artificial food dyes - they give her migraines. I have found every food we eat (cereals, breads, etc) that she can have. I primarily shop at HEB too, so it's not like I spend loads of money at Natural Food Stores. Although, I will say that if you're on the south side of Austin, Newflowers Market just opened at Wm Cannon and Manchaca. It is a (surprisingly) cheap natural foods store. It is actually very competitive price-wise with HEB, but has stuff that Sun Harvest, Central Market and Whole Foods would carry -- not quite the selection of the latter, but nowhere near the prices either.
All that said, keep label reading and I'm sure you'll find replacement brands for the ones you're accustomed to using.
HTH and if you have any questions for me, please don't hesitate...
Kelly, mama to
Catherine, 5y
Samuel, 2y
EDD, 9/23
You may want to remove artificial colors and flavors from his diet as well. AFter that there are true food allergies that can irritate the system, including healthy brain function, like wheat, milk, eggs, soy, just to name a few of the most obvious ones in children.
Just read your labels!!! A trip to the grocery store takes 2x at long but it is worth it. We try to avoid it with my son too and bread is the most difficult to find. Mine is young so he doesn't have many preferences yet and I can still get him to eat dark rye bread, etc. You will probably have a battle on your hands but I bet it is worth it in the end. Good luck!
Whole Foods is less likely to have HFCS. If it's organic, it's not going to have it. Look at Annie's brand foods. Kroger has a good section of healthfoods. Read lables, but if you buy from the healthfood areas you will do better on the junk. Generally, the fewer the ingredients, the better the product.
My girls are sensitive to gluten, so we have to avoid wheat entirely. One child has behavior issues, another is a zombie (doesn't even respond to her name) and the third can't speak clearly. Eliminating gluten/wheat has helped tremendously.
I eat Ezekiel bread because it's also flourless, but my husband used to eat a name brand bread that used to have high fructose corn syrup and I notice now they are using raisin juice. I also see raisin juice listed in the HEB brand of 100% Whole Wheat with Honey bread. It looks to me that we will find more and more products without it.
I have removed all corn products such as syrup, starch.. from my sons diet due to his behavior. It is hard, but I have found that just by reading the labels of several brands of the food I have found alternatvies. Such as... Teddy Graham brand graham snacks have no corn syrup. Walmart brand cheerios has no corn syrup compared to the Cheerios brand. The organic milk that comes in juice box size of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry don't have corn syrup in them, but still taste flavored. There are several juices out there now that advertise right on the package that they have no corn syrup added. I have been able to find some brand just by reading labels of everything my son likes, including gummy bears that are made with sugar not corn syrup. I haven't had to shop at a health food store yet, and haven't increased the food expense much either. Good luck, the difference it has made in my 3 year old is amazing. he won't be going back on corn for a long time.
I was told to cut out products with high red dye. Even red products like fruit snacks and fruit roll ups. It works when I stick to it. Hope this helps some