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Following a restrictive diet is no fun, especially when faced with the necessary but depressing lists of things you can not eat.

If you are following a yeast-free diet, this article provides a list of foods you can eat.

It is by no means complete, and quite honestly never will be. There are an endless number of prepared foods. This varies country by country and region by region.

So do please add your comments with lists of foods you know to be safe for a yeast-free diet. Also, feel free to add corrections and caveats if you notice any errors on this list.

Yeast-Free Foods - Basic Ingredients

If you are doing your own cooking, it is relatively easy to avoid yeast. This is more of a general description of foods you can eat since most basic ingredients are find (with a few exceptions, covered in Foods that Contain Yeast.

Meat

All meat is yeast-free (unless it is spoiled, in which case you will get food poisoning as well as a possible dose of yeast).

As long as you cook with fresh meat, you have nothing to worry about.

Vegetables

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All vegetables are safe.

If parts of the vegetable go rotten, cut it out. Usually the rest of the vegetable is fine. As long as it is firm and not discoloured, it should be perfectly yeast-free.

NOTE: Some food that are commonly referred to as vegetables, such as bell peppers and eggplant, are actually fruits.

Exceptions:

  • Mushrooms (not vegetable, it is the fruiting body of a fungus).

Fruit

You have to be more careful with fruit than meat or vegetables. Because of the high sugar content of most fruits, yeast growth is possible.

Dried fruits often contain yeast. The following list applies only to fresh fruit.

Some fruits have yeast on the skin. If you can remove the skin of a fruit (fresh and unspoiled) then you can eat what's left.

The following fruit are fine, as long as they are fresh and free of spoilage:

  • Apple
  • Apricot
  • Avocado
  • Bell pepper (Green red yellow etc.)
  • Bitter gourd
  • Blackberry
  • Boysenberry
  • Cherry
  • Chokeberry
  • Chokecherry
  • Cloudberry
  • Coconut
  • Crabapple
  • Dewberry
  • Durian
  • Eggplant
  • Grapefruit
  • Guava
  • Hot pepper
  • Kiwifruit
  • Lemon
  • Lime
  • Loganberry
  • Longan
  • Lychee
  • Mango
  • Mangosteen
  • Melons
  • Nectarine
  • Olallieberry
  • Orange
  • Papaya
  • Peach
  • Pear
  • Pineapple
  • Pomegranate
  • Prickly pear
  • Quince
  • Rambutan
  • Raspberry
  • Squash
  • Star apple
  • Strawberry
  • Tangerine
  • Tayberry

Nuts and Seeds

All nuts and seeds are yeast-free

Yeast-Free Foods - Prepared Foods

This section to be added soon.

Mean while, please add your favorite prepared foods (that you know to be yeast-free) in the comments section.


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Comments

14 April, 2009 - 10:25 — Tari (not verified)

Vegetarian Yeast Free

Do you have any vegetarian yeast free recipes?

30 July, 2009 - 07:46 — AdamK (not verified)

blueberry

I don't see in your list "blueberry", does it contain yeast?

30 July, 2009 - 20:50 — admin

Blueberrys probably have yeast on them

Blueberries very likely have yeast growing on the skin. I do not have 100% confirmation of this, but for now, go on the assumption that blueberries have yeast.

2 August, 2009 - 13:49 — Guest (not verified)

juice

does juices from fruit contain yeast? (ie orange juice, apple juice, etc.)

2 August, 2009 - 16:02 — admin

Yeast in juice

Packaged fruit juice may have small amounts of yeast in it, depending on how fresh the fuit was when juiced and how the juice is processed before packaging.

The amount of yeast, if any, is probably small. Large amounts of yeast would cause spoilage and you would smell the fermentation.

9 August, 2009 - 10:02 — fran (not verified)

does vinegar have yeast in

does vinegar have yeast in it? is it safe on a yeast free diet?

10 August, 2009 - 11:27 — admin

Vinegar and yeast

Fran,

For a full explanation, see Yeast Allergy and Vinegar.

9 August, 2009 - 17:33 — Guest (not verified)

Yeast extract (inactive)

I've been tested for food allergies and it said that I'm allergic to bakers and brewers yeast. I also have a milk allergy and goat milk doesn't agree with me so I tried rice cheese but after looking at the ingredients, down toward the end of the list it says "yeast extract (inactive)" does that mean that I can't have the cheese? If so what could I eat instead? Thanks.

24 September, 2009 - 18:20 — eva shaw (not verified)

yeast in our foods

So far I am finding yeast in ALL store bought food. Just look in the jar at the typical foot pring of a yeast. They are not small.

24 September, 2009 - 21:19 — admin

Allergic to the common things

For some reason, the biggest allergies are to pervasive foods ingredients, like yeast, wheat/gluten and milk.

Then again, most prepared foods are bad for your health anyhow. Sometimes I find my allergies aren't such a bad thing after all ...

9 August, 2009 - 19:15 — admin

Inactive yeast may still have the protein

Inactive yeast means that it is no longer alive and growing.

This does not mean that you can still eat it. It most likely still contains the proteins that trigger your allergy.

Depending on your symptoms and how you feel about it, you could try some rice cheese and see how it makes you feel. Don't get your hopes up though.

My approach to food allergies it to find a different style of cooking rather than attempting to substitute problematic ingredients for safe ones. There is nothing wrong with substitutions, except when you can't find a suitable one.

Keep looking for food products that you feel will replace the cheese you can no longer eat.

Mean while, consider alternative foods. I know this answer may seem like a drag.

You can also choose to see it as the beginning of a new adventure in food discovery!

23 September, 2009 - 15:14 — Guest (not verified)

Is it safe to eat rice while suffering from a yeast infection?

Rice, potatoes, pasta... are starches ok to eat while suffering from a yeast infection?

23 September, 2009 - 18:07 — admin

Not a yeast infection expert

I'm not an expert in yeast infections, so I can't give you a definitive answer. The list of yeast-free foods is designed more for those with a yeast allergy (but I think you'll find it helpful if you have a yeast infection too).

For a yeast infection, you want to feed the yeast as little as possible.

The more refined the carbohydrates, the better it is as a food for yeast, and the worse it is for you.

Sugar is the worst. Refined carbohydrates, like white flour aren't so great.

I think rice, potatoes etc. or OK, but I wouldn't live on them.

Hope that helps. As I say, I'm not a yeast infection expert. Might be able to get more info on that at some time in the future.

30 September, 2009 - 21:20 — Guest (not verified)

allergies

Skin infections.severe exzema,prosioris mostly are cause by people being allergic to foods with yeast and not knowing....That's wild... It happen to me... get an allergy test...asap

17 October, 2009 - 11:58 — Guest (not verified)

Fruits

Most of the fruits that you stated are kinda sweet. So are you sure it is consider as yeast free?

17 October, 2009 - 17:52 — admin

May drive yeast over-growth

Thanks for your comment.

I'll clarify:

Sweet, unspoiled fruit is generally yeast-free, with certain exceptions like grapes, that have yeast growing on the skin. This is true even of sour grapes.

You raise a good point though - too much sugar can drive yeast over-growth for those with a yeast infection.

For those with a yeast allergy, sweet fruit is not a problem, as long as it has not started to rot. Spoiled fruit could have yeast growing in it, as well as molds.

Some people consider moderate amounts of fruit to be OK if you heave a yeast infection, as long as the fruit is fresh, taken in moderation, and not taken with protein or carbohydrates (or less than two hours after a meal).

24 October, 2009 - 06:43 — Matt Cannon (not verified)

Nuts

I have been told by my allergy tester that both peanuts and pistachio nuts carry a yeast fungus and should be avoided. Your website says all nuts are okay? Can you clarify please

24 October, 2009 - 21:39 — Kate (not verified)

pickled jalapanos

Do pickled jalepano have yeast?

25 October, 2009 - 22:39 — Bobbie (not verified)

yeastallergyinfection

I am having a hard time with the yeast allergy infection. would you please send me a list of things I can eat that are yeast free and things that I can drink that are yeast free.? I have this problem all the time I cant seem to get rid of it I go to the doctor and they but me on terzole cream for 7 days it helps but I get it right back after the 7 days. I would really appreciate if you would help me get over this. Please write me back thank you.
Bobbie

27 October, 2009 - 22:42 — admin

list of yeast free foods

All the information I have about yeast-free foods is published on this site.

As I come across more, I add it here.

Hope this gives you a start.

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