CATEGORY | NEGLIGIBLE | LOW | MODERATE | HIGH | VERY HIGH |
FRUIT | Banana | Apple: golden delicious | Apple: red delicious | Apple: all other varieties | All dried fruits |
Canned pear: in sugar syrup | Nashi pears | Canned or dried fig | Canned morello cherries | Apricot | |
Pear (ripe, peeled): williams, bartlett, packham, beurre bosc: not nashi or ya | Papaya | Canned pear: in juice | Grapefruit | Avocado | |
Paw paw | Custard apple | Honeydew melon | Blackberry | ||
Tamarillo | Fig | Kiwi fruit | Blackcurrant | ||
Lemon | Lychee | Blueberry | |||
Lime | Mandarin | Boysenberry | |||
Loquat | Mango | Cherries: all other kinds | |||
Passion fruit | Melons | Cranberry | |||
Pear: w/ peel | Mulberry | Currant | |||
Persimmon | Nectarine | Date | |||
Rhubarb | Peach | Grape | |||
Fresh tomato | Pomegranate | Guava | |||
Rockmelon (cantaloupe | Loganberry | ||||
Sugar banana | Orange | ||||
Watermelon | Pineapple | ||||
Plum | |||||
Prune | |||||
Raisin | |||||
Raspberry | |||||
Redcurrant | |||||
Rock melon | |||||
Strawberry | |||||
Sultana | |||||
Tangelo | |||||
Tangerine | |||||
Tomato | |||||
Tomato products | |||||
Youngberry | |||||
VEGETABLES | Bamboo shoots | Bean sprouts | Asparagus: tinned | Alfalfa sprouts | Canned green olives |
Beans, dried: not borlotti | Borlotti beans | Aubergine/eggplant: peeled | Artichoke | Capsicum | |
Cabbage: green, white | Brussels sprouts | Beetroot | Aubergine with peel | Champignon | |
Celery | Cabbage: red | Black olives | Broad bean | Chicory | |
Choko | Cauliflower | Canned asparagus | Broccoli | Chilli peppers | |
Green split peas | Chickpeas | Carrot | Canned black olive | Courgette | |
Lentils: brown | Chives | Chinese cabbage | Chinese broccoli | Endive | |
Lentils: red | Fresh asparagus | Chinese greens: bok choy, pak choy | Cucumber | Gherkin | |
Lettuce: iceberg or butter | Green beans | Fresh tomato | Cucumber | Hot pepper | |
Peas: dried | Green peas | Frozen spinach | Eggplant | Peppers | |
Potato: old/white, peeled | Leek | Lettuce: other than iceberg | Fresh spinach | Radish | |
Swede | Mung bean sprouts | Mushrooms | Okra | Tomato | |
Onion | Parsnips | Pumpkin: all varieties except butternut | Tomato products | ||
Potato: white with peel | Potato: new & red pontiac | Radish | Water chestnut | ||
Shallots: spring onions or scallions | Pumpkin: butternut | Sweet corn | |||
Yellow split peas | Snow peas | Sweet potato | |||
Sprouts: other than mung beans | Water chestnut | ||||
Squash: marrow | Watercress | ||||
Turnip | Zucchini | ||||
Wombok | |||||
NUTS & SEEDS | Poppy seed | Cashews | Desiccated coconut | Brazil nuts | Almond |
Hazelnuts | Peanut butter | Macadamia nuts | Peanuts: skins on | ||
Pecan | Pumpkin seeds | Pine nuts | Water chestnut | ||
Sunflower seeds | Sesame seeds | Pistachio | |||
Walnuts | |||||
SWEET FOODS | Carob | Caramel: store bought | Raw sugar | Chewing gum | |
Cocoa | Golden syrup | Fruit flavours | |||
Caramel homemade | Malt extract | Honey | |||
Maple syrup | Honey flavours | ||||
White sugar | Jam: except pear, preferably homemade | ||||
Liquorices | |||||
Mint flavoured sweets | |||||
Peppermints | |||||
HERBS, SEASONING, SAUCES, SPICES, TOPPINGS & CONDIMENTS | Golden syrup | Apple sauce: only homemade from acceptable varieties of apples | Fresh coriander leaves: also known as Chinese parsley or cilantro | All spice | Aniseed |
Malt vinegar | Chives | Horseradish | Bay leaf | Basil | |
Maple syrup: pure | Fennel: dried | Mayonnaise | Caraway | Black pepper | |
Salt | Garlic | Cardamom | Cayenne | ||
Saffron | Cinnamon | Celery powder | |||
Shallots | Cloves | Chilli flakes | |||
Soy sauce: if free of spices | Coriander | Chilli powder | |||
Ginger | Cider vinegar | ||||
Mixed herbs | Commercial gravies & sauces | ||||
Mustard | Cumin | ||||
Parsley | Curry | ||||
Pimiento | Dill | ||||
Fenugreek | |||||
Fish, meat, & tomato pastes | |||||
Garam masala | |||||
Ginger | |||||
Honey | |||||
Jam/jelly: all com- mercial varieties: you can make your own from acceptable ingredients | |||||
Liquorices | |||||
Mace | |||||
Marmite | |||||
Mint | |||||
Mustard | |||||
Nutmeg | |||||
Oregano | |||||
Paprika | |||||
Peppermint | |||||
Rosemary | |||||
Sage | |||||
Tabasco | |||||
Tarragon | |||||
Thyme | |||||
Turmeric | |||||
Vegemite & other yeast extracts | |||||
White pepper | |||||
White vinegar | |||||
Wine vinegar | |||||
Worcestershire sauce | |||||
FATS & OILS | Butter | Ghee | Almond oil | Copha | Coconut oil |
Canola oil | Corn oil | Sesame oil | Olive oil | ||
Margarine – only if made from canola or other vegetable oil | Peanut oil | Walnut oil | |||
Safflower oil | |||||
Soy oil | |||||
Sunflower oil | |||||
GRAINS | Barley | Breakfast cereals that include fruit, nuts, honey or coconut | |||
Buckwheat | Corn/maize cereals | ||||
Millet | Cornmeal | ||||
Oats: plain | Flavoured breakfast cereals | ||||
Rice | Maize | ||||
Rice cereals: plain | Polenta | ||||
Rye | |||||
Wheat | |||||
MEAT* | Beef | Liver | Fish canned in an unacceptable oil & or with seasonings added | Processed luncheon meats: many are seasoned | |
*NB: Most meat, fish and poultry are salicylate free, except for processed or seasoned meats | Chicken | Prawns | Gravy made from prepared mixes: i.e. stock cubes/bouillon/ meat extracts/etc | Seasoned meats: Salami, sausages, frankfurters & hot dogs etc | |
Eggs | Shellfish | ||||
Fish | |||||
Lamb | |||||
Organ meats | |||||
Rabbit | |||||
Sausage casing | |||||
Scallops | |||||
Tripe | |||||
Veal | |||||
DAIRY & SOY | Butter | Blue vein cheese | |||
Cream | |||||
Cheese: not blue vein | |||||
Milk | |||||
Yoghurt: natural only | |||||
Ice cream: natural only | |||||
Rice milk: natural only | |||||
Goat milk | |||||
Soy milk: natural only | |||||
Tofu | |||||
BAKING SUPPLIES | Arrowroot | Sesame seeds | Corn syrup | ||
Corn starch: also known as corn flour in Australia | |||||
Golden syrup | |||||
Malt | |||||
Malt extract | |||||
Poppy seeds | |||||
Rice flour | |||||
Rye flour | |||||
Sago | |||||
Soy flour | |||||
Sugar | |||||
Sugar: brown, castor, granulated, icing, powdered | |||||
Tapioca | |||||
Wheat flour | |||||
SNACKS | Plain potato chips: natural only – check the label! | Homemade apple chips: from accept- able varieties of apples | Popcorn | Fruit flavoured lollies, gelato, iceblocks, sherbet, sorbet | |
Popping corn | Chewing gum: all flavours | ||||
Licorice/liquorices: all flavours | |||||
Mint/peppermint/ wintergreen flavoured lollies | |||||
Gherkins & anything pickled | |||||
DRINKS | Decaffeinated coffee | Dandelion coffee | Coco cola | Regular coffee | |
Milk: goat & cow | Store bought pear juice | Rose hip tea | All teas | ||
Ovaltine | Rose hip syrup | Cordials & fruit flavoured drinks | |||
Homemade pear juice | Fruit & vegetable juices | ||||
Soy milk | |||||
Rice milk | |||||
Water | |||||
ALCOHOL | Gin | Cider | Liquor | ||
Whiskey | Beer | Port | |||
Vodka | Sherry | Wine | |||
Brandy | Rum |
This list is a culmination of experience and research.
Sources include: Fedup | Truth in Labelling | Millhouse Medical | SSWAHS | Euphory | Easy to Avoid