Note that all fermented products, such as beer and wine, contain natural sulfites. They can also contain added sulfites.
Here is a partial list of foods that can contain sulfites:
- Apple cider
- Apples (dried, glazed, dedydrated, canned or frozen)
- Apricots (dried, glazed or dedydrated)
- Baked goods
- Beer (Alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
- Breads
- Candy
- Canned fruits and vegetables
- Cereal
- Chocolate bars
- Cider (Alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
- Coconut (dried or dedydrated)
- Coleslaw
- Condiments
- Cookies
- Cornmeal
- Cornstarch
- Crackers
- Deli meat
- Dextrose syrup
- Dressings
- Dried fruit
- Fish
- Frozen fruits and vegetables
- Fruit bars
- Fruit filling
- Fruit juice
- Fruit syrup
- Gelatin
- Glazed fruits
- Glucose solids
- Glucose syrup
- Grape juice (regular or sparkling)
- Grapes (fresh) – safe in some contries
- Grapes (glazed)
- Gravies
- Guacamole
- Herbs (dried)
- Horseradish
- Hot Dogs
- Jams
- Jellies
- Ketchup
- Lemon juice/concentrate
- Lettuce (fresh) – safe in some contries
- Lime juice/concentrate
- Maraschino cherries
- Marmalade
- Mincemeat (dried or dedydrated)
- Molasses
- Muesli
- Mushrooms (canned or frozen)
- Mustard
- Noodles
- Olives (canned)
- Onions (pickled)
- Papaya (dried or dedydrated)
- Pastries
- Peaches (dried or dedydrated)
- Pears (dried or dedydrated)
- Peas (canned or frozen)
- Pectin
- Peppers (canned or frozen)
- Pickled foods
- Pickles
- Pineapple (dried or dedydrated)
- Potato chips
- Potato starch
- Potatoes (dehydrated, frozen french fries, dehydrated, mashed, peeled, pre-cut)
- Raisins (dried or dedydrated)
- Relish
- Rice mixes
- Sauces
- Sauerkraut
- Sausages
- Shellfish
- Shrimp (fresh/frozen)
- Snack foods
- Soft drinks
- Soup mixes
- Soups
- Soy products
- Spices
- Starches
- Sugar beet starch
- Sugar syrups
- Tea
- Tomatoes (dried, sun dried, dedydrated, canned, frozen or paste/pulp/puree)
- Tortilla chips
- Trail mix
- Vegetable juices
- Vinegar, wine vinegar
- Waffles
- White grape juice
- Wine (Alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
Please leave a comment if you notice anything that is missing
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Lots of rotisserie chickens
Lots of rotisserie chickens have been injected with marinade containing sulfites
I buy the chicken that are either FREE FROM or FREE RANGE.
Eggs contain sulfites.
Eggs contain sulfites.
Concentration
It would be nice if you could mention the amount of sulphites in your list ; I’m sure some only have a trace whereas others are more of a danger ?
Sulfites Concentration
It would be good to know the concentration.
It varies from one brand to the next. Some brands may have none.
The point it to watch out for these and similar foods.
You may want to call the manufacturer of the brands you buy for more details.
Feel free to share your results here!
sulfate allergys
cheese ,stuffings, because of the vignar aND SULFATES
sulfites
Processed meats, such as deli meats/cold cuts, hot dogs and sausage contain sulfites.
I have had so many question’s about my allergies.I am allergic to gluten,sulfer/sulfites,yeast and pork.This site has answered many of my concerns.Keep up the good work.
thank you
Joy
Your list of possible bad food items covers more than it leaves out. It is raw data without the specifics for each food the info is useless. A list of the top five and why would have been more useful. I think you gave it a good shot but missed the target
Hi Ron,
Some people like an explicit list of foods that contain sulfites. It is of course impossible to have a complete list, but at least it illustrates the kinds and variety of products that have sulfites in them for one reason or another.
Speaking of reasons, that sounds to me what you are looking for: see this article on sulfites and tell me what you think.
toothpaste, garlic
Tempeh
It would be nice to know if the foods naturally have sulfites or if it is just a food that commonly have sulfites added. For instance, right now I don’t know if you mean I shouldn’t eat any apples at all (even if I grew them myself in my back yard and new everything that went on them), if I could eat organic apples, if I should be on the look out for sulfites on an ingredient list if I see apples, if I should just assume that apples in an ingredient list have sulfites added like I do for molasses and dried apricots, etc.
Good question Abbie.
Yeast naturally produces sulfites, so fermented products, such as wine, naturally contain some sulfites.
Other products, for example the apple products (dried, glazed, apple cider etc.) have sulfites added to them. Wine and beer frequently have additional sulfites added to them, over and above natural levels.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are fine to the best of my knowledge.
Just wondering if the things that others mentioned have infact been found to have sulfites that can cause allergies in some folks? Have hives that are driving me nuts and Dr said to avoid sulfites along with other stuff.
I suggest you try cutting out all of the suggested foods and see what happens. Assuming you see an improvement, and I hope you do, you can try bringing in some of the foods you think you can’t live without. If your symptoms come back, you can decide if the symptoms are worse than not eating that particular food or the other way around.
I know it’s tough but it’s worth it if you see the results.
Could someone explain to me why somethings on these list do not list any of the ’sulfite’ names in their ingredients yet they are still on this list for sulfites? I have looked up lots of information regarding sulfites and I’m totally confused about what I can and cannot eat when looking at ingredient list to make sure that there isn’t anything I shouldn’t be eating. Please help
For example… cereal or waffles, what are in these kinds of foods that have to do with sulfites