Corn Derivatives List including products that can use corn in their manufacture

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Acetic acid

Adhesives and glues

Agave nectar

Air fresheners

Alcohol

Allulose

Alpha tocopherol

Antacids

Antibacterial sprays and cleaners

Antiperspirants

Artificial flavours

Artificial sweeteners

Artificial colours

Ascorbates

Ascorbic acid - Vitamin C

Aspirin

Astaxanthin

Athletes foot powder and medications

Baking powder

Barley malt

Batters

Beverages

Bird food

Blusher

BPA-free can lining

Breads

Breath fresheners

Brown sugar

Cakes

Cake packet mixes

Calcium citrate

Calcium fumarate

Calcium gluconate

Calcium lactate

Candy

Canola oil

Capsule casings

Caramel

Caramel colour

Carbonmethylcellulose sodium

Cellulose gum

Cellulose (powdered, vegetable)

Cetearyl glucoside

Chewing gum

Choline chloride

Citric acid

Citrus cloud emulsion (CCS)

Cleaning and sterilising products

Coating on pills, tablets, drugs

Coco glycerides (cocoglycerides)

Contact lens solutions

Construction (carpeting, dynamite, drywall gypsum plaster)

Corn

Corn used in the manufacture of any other product

Corn goods (bread, cake, puffs, puddings, tortillas)

Corn nuts

Corn oil

Corn silk

Cough mixture

Croscarmellose sodium

Crystalline dextrose

Crystalline fructose

Custard powder, ready made custard

Cyclodextrin

Decyl (poly) glucoside

Defoaming agents

Dental (beware of plastics and if unsure always ask)

Dentifrices

Deodorant

Dextrin (can be manufactured out of multiple starches)

Dextrose (all is produced from cornstrarch)

D-Gluconic acid

Diglyceride

Disposable (paper cups, etc, nappies, nursing pads, polystyrene products)

Drugs often contain corn and are also coated in corn

Drying agent

Erythorbic acid

Erythritol

Ethanol

Ethylcellulose

Ethylene

Ethylene glycol

Ethyl (acetate, alcohol, lactate, maltol)

Excipients added to drugs, medications, vitamins and minerals

Extracts

Eye shadow

Face powder

Feminine care (disposable liners, pads, tampons)

Ferrous gluconate

Fertilisers

Fibersol-2

Fish bait

Fish food

Flavourings

Flour processed or handled in facilities that also handle corn

Flour which has been enriched or bleached

Food colourings and dyes

Food essences, flavourings

Food starch

Foundation cosmetics

Formaldehyde

Formalin

Free fatty acids

Fructose

Fruit juice concentrate

Fumaric acid

Gardening weed killer

Gellan gum

Gluconate

Gluconic acid

Glucono delta-lactone (GDL)

Gluconolactone

Glucosamine

Glucose

Glue

Glucose syrup

Glutamate

Gluten

Gluten (feed, meal)

Glycerides

Glycerine

Glycerol

Golden syrup

Gravy

Grits (boiled corn)

Gum

Heartburn medication

High fructose corn syrup or HFCS

Hominy, corn treated by nixtamalisation

Honey

Hydrol

Hydrolysed corn

Hydrolysed corn protein

Hydrolysed vegetable protein (HVP)

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC)

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate (HPMCP)

Ibuprofen

Ice Cream

Indigestion tablets

Inositol

Inulin

Invert sugar

Invert syrup

Jams

Jellies

Lactate

Lactic acid

Lactose

Laundry liquid detergents

Laundry powder

Laundry stain removers

Laundry tumble dryer sheets

Lauryl glucoside

Leather (tanned)

Lecithin

Lip gloss

Lipsticks

Linoleic acid

Lysine

Magnesium citrate

Magnesium fumarate

Magnesium gluconate

Magnesium stearate

Maize

Malic acid

Malonic acid

Malt

Malt (extract, flavouring, syrup)

Malted barley

Maltitol

Maltodextrin often produced from corn

Maltol

Maltose

Manmade cloth such as polyester, acrylics

Mannitol

Masa

Mealie

Meat (during slaughter, processing, packaging, bacon,  ham, etc)

Medical plasters, bandages, surgical dressings, IV fluids, alcohol swabs, medications

Medication excipients, bulking agents, flow agents, colourings, dyes, etc

Methylcellulose

Microcrystalline cellulose

Minerals such as magnesium, and zinc - citrates, glutonates

Modified cellulose gum, corn starch, food starch, starch

Molasses

Monoglyceride

Monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Moisturisers

MSG

Nail polish

Natural (flavours and  sweeteners)

Non-animal rennet

Non-compounded medications

Olean

Olestra

Paper cartons example milk and juice

Pastries

Peracetic acid

Perfume sprays

Pet foods, treats, toys, litter

Phenol

PLA biodegradable plastics

Polenta

Polish for shoes/furniture

Polydextrose

Polyethylene glycol (PEG)

Polylactic acid (PLA)

Polysorbates like Polysorbate 60

Polyvinyl acetate

Popcorn

Potassium citrate, fumarate, gluconate, glutamate

Propionic acid

Propylene glycol, glycol monostearate

Pullulan

Quico also known as corn nuts/toasted corn

Rouge

Saccharin *although petroleum based some advise it may contain corn

Salt iodized, seasoned

Sanitary towels, pads, tampons

Semolina

Shampoo

Soap bars, liquid

Sodium citrate, erythorbate, fumarate, lactate, etc

Sorbate

Sorbic acid

Sorbitan

Sorbitan monooleate, tri-oleate, monostearate

Sorbitol

Sorbitol solution

Sorghum

Soups

Starch (any not specified)

Starch glycolate

Stearic acid

Stearoyls

Stearoyl fumarate - made by mixing stearyl alcohol with maleic anhydride

Storing cardboard boxes, plastic food containers

Sucralose

Sucrose

Sugar (beet, cane, Stevia extract, powdered)

Sunscreen, lotion, block

Supplements

Supplies of arts, crafts, printer ink, tattoo, toner cartridges

Sweets

Sweeteners

Synthetic clothing, polyester, acrylic, microfibres, yarns

Taco shells

Tea

Tea bags

Tamales

Thread

Threonine

Tocopherol (Vitamin E)

Toilet paper

Toilet water

Toothpaste

Treacle/syrup - check with manufacturer

Triacetin

Triethyl citrate

Unfiltered water

Unmodified starch

Vaccines *always check safety with healthcare professionals

Vanilla essence, extract, flavour, pure

Vanillin

Vegetables dried and freeze dried, canned, liquid or chopped in cartons, creamed, frozen

Vegetable enzymes, glycerine, oil, rennet, starch

Vinegar

Vinegar, distilled white

Vinyl acetate

Vitamins C and E

Wax

Waxy Maize

Wine finings

Xanthan gum

Xylitol can be manufactured from corn cobs

Yeast

Zea mays

Zein