Thank-you for your comment, Debra.

I agree that a more comprehensive list is useful. I do have one in the works. This will always be a work in progress, as the list is very long, and has to be pulled from a variety of sources. Add to that all the packaged foods that may contain yeast, and the list becomes nearly endless!

If you have items you would like to ad, please leave a comment with your suggestions.

Thanks for the suggestion, Janel!

With red wine, the yeast comes from the grape skins. Yeast naturally occurs on grape skins.

Natural or not, its still yeast. Actually, the word "natural" is meaningless here, since wine is man-made.

The difference is that many white wines have yeast added because the skins are removed. Probably this is the same type of yeast as normally grows on the grape, although this is a guess.

Yeast levels do vary for different wines - extra yeast added or not.

I'd follow this guide-line: if you can drink a certain amount of a particular wine, then great! If you have unpleasant symptoms, drink less or avoid that particular wine altogether.

If you are new to a yeast-free diet, avoid all wine until you have been on the diet for some time and know what "normal" feels like.

You were right to try a gluten-free diet because a gluten allergy is so common, but a yeast allergy is up there too - hard to say which is more common.

Probably it is best to cut out both and see what happens.

At least you can drink cider. I've avoided it for years knowing it has yeast in it, but there are many types of yeast, so I suppose the sort used in cider is OK for some people, including you, lucky for you!

I'll have to give cider a try myself some day and see what happens.

Yogourt is made from a benifitial bactirial culture, and is very good for you.

The down side is that milk-based food is not necessarily the healthiest choice, contrary to popular belief. Still, everything in moderation ...

I have yoghurt sometimes. I love it, but sometimes I find that if I cut it out for a week or two, I feel over-all a bit better, although I can't say I feel bad when I eat it. I've just learned to eat less at a sitting, and less often (a few days on, a few off, skip a week or a month).

Basically, yoghurt is fine for a yeast-free diet. I do suggest that you try eliminating yoghurt for a week or two, then reintroduce it, and see how your children feel with vs. without. This only makes sense though if your children have cut out all other forms of dairy.

If your children have milk in their diet, then don't worry about yoghurt at all (as far as yeast goes).

You may choose to wait on this experiment, since the task of coming up with a new diet can seem overwhelming at first.

If you decide to try eliminating, then reintroducing yoghurt, feel free to come back and leave a comment about what did nor did not happen. Probably the effect of dairy is different for everyone.

You are absolutely right, raisins not only contain yeast, they probably contain more yeast than grapes.

I've noticed that I can eat a few grapes occasionally with now ill effects, but my tolerance for raisins seems lower. Not that I've done a scientific study on this or anything.

As always, you are best to cut out raisins is you are on a yeast-free diet. If the reason for your diet is to increase your energy and sense of well-being, then you can try introducing a few raisins into your diet after a couple of months and see how it affects you.

Everyone is best advised to cut raisins right out of their diet unless they are organic. this has nothing to do with yeast, and everything to do with pesticides.

According to the book Diet for a Poisoned Planet, grapes and raisins are among the most toxic plant-based foods you can eat. Click the link to find out more about this book.

In short, if you are allergic to yeast, avoid grapes and raisins.

For the sake of your health and the health of the planet, avoid them anyhow, even if you are not allergic to yeast - or buy organic grapes and raisins.

Note: Organic probably has just as much yeast as the standard toxic variety, so if you are avoiding yeast, avoid organic grapes and raisins as well.

Fresh potatoes do not have yeast in them.

"Fresh" you ask?

If they start to go bad, they may have yeast in them, but then you won't want to eat them anyhow. Small bad bits can be cut out, as long as the rest of the potato is firm.

Good question!

For an answer, visit Mold and Yeast Allergy and Fermented Foods

Fruits only ferment in your digestive track under certain circumstances.

Those who adhere to food combining techniques believe that fruit should be eaten on its own, and half an hour before or two hours after any other type of food (carbohydrates or proteins).

I suggest you try this and see what happens (or more to the point, what doesn't happen).

What actually ferments is the sugar, so the sweeter the fruit, the more sugar. Dried fruits have more concentrated sugar, which is what preserves them.

Finding problematic foods is quite a chore - and I can see you're struggling with it, Stephanie.

If yeast is not on the list of ingredients, nor equivalents like sour dough, then you should be OK with it.

That is the theoretical approach.

The practical approach is to try cutting it out and see if you feel better. If so, try eating it again and see if your problems return.

Hope that helps.

Your question requires some specific research. I'm sorry but I can not provide that level of content on a free site.

I will see if I can find some resources for you and when I do I will post them here.

Hi Rachel,

The basic pastry recipe consists of flour water, salt and fat of some sort. This is yeast-free.

This does not mean to say that all pastry is yeast-free. Always check ingredients!

If no yeast has been added to the pastry then you should be OK.

One thing to watch out for though, is yeast overgrowth. This is not the same type of yeast as is used in baking, it is a type of yeast infection. Given your skin problem, this could be relevant.

In this case you must also watch sugar intake, and refined carbohydrates as well (which are not high on my list of healthy foods anyhow). Flour is an example of refined carbohydrate.

Eliminating refined carbohydrates and sugar from your diet is no easy task. This website might help: Yeast Free Cooking

Some doctors are aware of the full range of possible yeast infections, others may think it's just a "woman's problem" if you know what I mean, and I'm not talking about your skin.

Talk to your doctor to see if your problem might be related to a yeast infection. If they say "no", look for a second opinion, unless the doctor understands quite a bit about how yeast can affect the body.

PS Thank you for helping me to add another item to the list!

If the ingredients say that something is fermented, this usually involves yeast (but not always).

Some foods, like grapes, have naturally occurring yeast, so you have to watch out for that as well.

Sounds like a real drag, Bob. Actually, it sounds like eczema, which could be caused by all sorts of things, and yeast is one possibility.

Regarding vitamin B -some brands use a yeast based process, others not. Check with GNC to find out what they use.

Sugar is a big yeast driver. Milk products may make the problem worse also. This does not necessarily mean you must avoid milk products, just try cutting them out for a week or two and see if it makes a difference.

It sounds like you are playing trench warfare with your yeast infection (assuming that is what it is). It comes and goes. It could be worse of not for the Diflucan, but won't go away completely.

I suggest you visit your doctor again, or get a second opinion. There is a tenancy I've notices with many doctors to take a quick look at the symptoms, make an educated guess, and then write a prescription.

You shouldn't be living with this for 15 years!