Warnings about Carrageenan!
Carrageenan Induces UC in Lab Rats!
Could it do that much damage??
YES!
Per Cornucopia.org,
“…Putting Carrageenan in food is like putting poison ivy in skin lotion.
The only difference is we cannot see
the inflammation, lesions, ulcerations, and polyps in our intestines. Both are natural, and both are cause for concern…”
Certainly anyone with IBS, IBD, UC, and Crohn’s shouldn’t be ingesting any carrageenan; but
since it can induce Ulcerative Colitis, why should anyone (even those of us without IBD issues) take a chance?
So, why isn’t your Doctor sharing this information with you?
Carrageenan-induced intestinal injury in the rat–a model for inflammatory bowel disease.
“….Overall, the inflammation produced { as a result of carrageenan} was reminiscent of human IBD in that there was pin-point ulceration, focality of lesions and lymphoid hyperplasia with microgranulomas. It was concluded that this carrageenan model may prove to be particularly
useful for studying the pathobiology of human IBD…”
Carrageenan
What is Carrageenan? And where is it found?
It’s probably found in many of your usual foods
you consume, even from so-called “organic” brands!
It’s in cream, cottage cheese, ice cream, eggnog,
Kefir, yogurt, milk, alternatives to milk ( almond,
rice, soy milks), deli meats, dips, juice, pizza,
and yes, sadly infant formula too.
Carrageenan
Carrageenan (click here to see it)
“…Carrageenans or carrageenins (/ˌkærəˈɡiːnənz/KARR-ə-GHEE-nənz)
are a family of linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted
from red edible seaweeds. They are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties.
Their main application is in dairy and meat products, due to their strong binding to food proteins. There are three main varieties of carrageenan, which differ in their degree of sulfation. Kappa-carrageenan has one sulfate per disaccharide. Iota-carrageenan has two sulfates per disaccharide.
Lambda carrageenan has three sulfates per disaccharide.
Gelatinous extracts of the
Chondrus crispus (Irish Moss) seaweed have been used as food additives for hundreds of years.[1] Carrageenan is a vegetarian and vegan alternative to gelatin in some applications, although it cannot replace gelatin in confectionery like jelly babies.
Europe prohibits the use of carrageenan in infant formula, organic or otherwise, for precautionary reasons,[5] but allows it otherwise. In the U.S., it’s allowed in organic foods, including juices, chocolate milk, and organic infant formula, as well as
other types of foods.
Food and other domestic uses
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Desserts, ice cream, cream, milkshakes, salad dressings, sweetened condensed milks, and sauces: gel to increase viscosity
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Beer: clarifier to remove haze-causing proteins
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Pâtés and processed meats (ham, e.g.): substitute for fat, increase water retention, and increase volume, or improve sliceability
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Toothpaste: stabilizer to prevent constituents separating
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Fruit Gushers: ingredient in the encapsulated gel
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Fire fighting foam: thickener to cause foam to become sticky
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Shampoo and cosmetic creams: thickener
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Air freshener gels
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Marbling: the ancient art of paper and fabric marbling uses a carrageenan mixture on which to float paints or inks; the paper or fabric is then laid on it, absorbing the colours
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Shoe polish: gel to increase viscosity
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Biotechnology: gel to immobilize cells/enzymes
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Pharmaceuticals: used as an inactive excipient in pills/tablets
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Soy milk and other plant milks: used to thicken, in an attempt to emulate the consistency of whole milk
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Diet sodas: to enhance texture and suspend flavours
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Pet food
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Personal lubricants
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Animal models of inflammation used to test analgesics (dilute lambda carrageenan solution (1–2%) injected subcutaneously causes swelling and pain)
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Veggie dogs…”
Per Dr. Andrew Weil, Is Carrageenan Safe? (click on the link to read it)
“…Over the years Dr. Tobacman has published 18 peer-reviewed
studies that address the biological effects of carrageenan and is
convinced that it is harmful to human health. In April 2012, she
addressed the National Organic Standards Board on this issue and urged reconsideration of the use of carrageenan in organic foods.
In her presentation, Dr. Tobacman said that her research has
shown that exposure to carrageenan causes inflammation and
that when we consume processed foods containing it, we ingest
enough to cause inflammation in our bodies.
She explained that all forms of carrageenan are
capable of causing inflammation. This is bad news.
We know that chronic inflammation is a root cause
of many serious diseases including heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and cancer.
Dr. Tobacman also told the board that in the past, drug investigators actually used carrageenan to cause inflammation in tissues in order to test the anti-inflammatory properties of new drugs. And she reported further that when
laboratory mice are exposed to low concentrations of carrageenan for 18 days, they develop “profound” glucose
intolerance and impaired insulin action, both of which can lead to diabetes.
She maintains that both types of carrageenan are harmful and
notes that “degraded carrageenan inevitably arises from higher
molecular weight (food grade) carrageenan.” Research suggests
that acid digestion, heating, bacterial action and mechanical processing can all accelerate degradation of food-grade carrageenan.
Carrageenan
All told, I recommend avoiding regular consumption of foods containing carrageenan. This is especially important
advice for persons with inflammatory bowel disease. Andrew Weil, M.D…”
To read: Carrageenan, How a “Natural” Food Additive is Making Us Sick (Click on the link)
This is a very informative paper on Carrageenan, its history,
the studies on how it affects humans.
Please check out page 13 – Carrageenan and GI Symptoms
“…Individuals who suffered for years from gastrointestinal symptoms—abdominal bloating,
“spastic colon,” irritable bowel syndrome, and diagnosed disease such as ulcerative colitis—
often find relief when they eliminate carrageenan from their diet…”
It lists some case histories here too.
and Cornucopia.org has produced a listing of foods
by category which contain Carrageenan, and alternatives
which do not contain Carrageenan.
I urge you to print this out and take it with you when
you go shopping.
Bottom Line: READ YOUR LABELS!
You’ll be surprised at the listing (from Cornucopia.org):
“Shopping Guide to Avoiding Organic Foods with Carrageenan
Always read ingredient lists carefully. Carrageenan
may be present in the final product but not listed
on the ingredients label when it is used as a
“processing aid,” for example in cream.
We recommend contacting the company
directly if you would like to confirm whether
carrageenan is in the final product. Read
more on processing aids here, and view
USDA safe and suitable ingredients here.
Note: The law does not require ingredients to
be listed on alcoholic beverages, and
carrageenan is commonly used to clarify beer.
Learn more about carrageenan.
If you suffered from gastrointestinal
symptoms that improved or disappeared
after cutting carrageenan from your diet,
fill out a questionnaire to help us and
medical researchers better understand
the effects of carrageenan on public health.
If you find organic products containing
carrageenan that are not yet listed, please
email cultivate@cornucopia.org. If possible
include pictures of the front and ingredients
panels with your email. A partial list of
conventional products containing carrageenan
follows the tables of organic products.
You can contact companies in the left
column using the links provided.
Please note that all brands listed
with an asterisk (*) supply products
both with and without carrageenan.
Organic Dairy
| Buttermilk with Carrageenan | Buttermilk without Carrageenan |
|---|---|
| (Organic buttermilk producers that used to add carrageenan have reformulated their products to be carrageenan-free) | Butterworks Farm Clover Stornetta Hawthorne Valley Kalona Supernatural Natural By Nature Organic Valley |
| Chocolate Milk With Carrageenan | Chocolate Milk without Carrageenan |
| Avalon Dairy Clover Stornetta Kalona Supernatural Kirkland (Costco Brand) Natural By Nature Publix Simple Truth Organic – Kroger Trickling Springs Creamery (Committed to removing carrageenan by mid-2016. Check ingredients list) |
Castle Rock Organic Farms Cow Wow Cereal Milk Crystal Ball Farms Equal Exchange Hot Chocolate (powdered) Horizon Organic Valley Strafford Organic Creamery Thomas Organic Creamery |
| Cottage Cheese with Carrageenan | Cottage Cheese without Carrageenan |
| 365 Whole Foods (lowfat and fat free) Avalon Dairy Clover Stornetta Horizon (regular and lowfat) Publix Simple Truth Organics – Kroger Trader Joe’s (Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully.) |
Kalona Supernatural (regular and lowfat) Nancy’s Organic Valley (regular and lowfat) |
| Cream with Carrageenan | Cream without Carrageenan |
| HEB‘s Central Market Whipping Cream O Organics – Safeway Olympic Publix Stonyfield Trader Joe’s (Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully.) |
Butterworks Farm Clover Stornetta Horizon Kalona Supernatural Natural By Nature Organic Valley Straus Family Creamery Trickling Springs Creamery |
| Eggnog with Carrageenan | Eggnog without Carrageenan |
| Horizon Kalona Supernatural Straus Family Creamery Organic Valley |
|
| Ice Cream with Carrageenan | Ice Cream without Carrageenan |
| Mapleton’s Organic (not listed in ingredients, in cream) Organic Meadow Trader Joe’s (Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully.) |
Alden’s Castle Rock Organic Farms Crystal Ball Farms Green and Black’s Organic Julie’s Publix (note: Publix conventional ice cream does contain carrageenan) Strafford Organic Creamery Straus Family Creamery Three Twins |
| Kefir with Carrageenan | Kefir without Carrageenan |
| No organic kefir found with carrageenan – carrageenan is sometimes used in conventional kefir | Butterworks Farm Clover Stornetta Fresh Made Helios Lifeway Nancy’s Organic Pastures Organic Valley (pourable yogurt) |
| Sour Cream with Carrageenan | Sour Cream without Carrageenan |
| Avalon Dairy Horizon (lowfat)* Natural By Nature Publix |
365 Whole Foods Clover Stornetta Horizon (regular only)* Kalona Supernatural Organic Valley (regular and lowfat) Nancy’s Straus Family Creamery Wallaby Organic |
| Yogurt with Carrageenan | Yogurt without Carrageenan |
| Publix Trader Joe’s (Squishers™ and all but European-style plain whole milk, Greek-style yogurt, and vanilla organic yogurt cups in 6-pack)* Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully. Yami Organic |
365 Everyday (Whole Foods) Butterworks Clover Farms Crystal Balls Farm Green Mountain Creamery Hails Family Farm Harris Teeter Hawthorne Valley Farm Helios Horizon Kalona Supernatural Latta Maple Hill Creamery Nancy’s O Organics Olympus Pavel’s Redwood Hill Farms Saint Benoit Seven Stars Simple Truth Smari Stonyfield Straus Family Creamery Thomas Organic Creamery Trader Joe’s European-style plain whole milk, Greek-style yogurt, and vanilla organic yogurt cups* (Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully.) Traders Point Trickling Springs Creamery Trimona Wallaby Organic Wegman’s White Mountain |
Organic Dairy Alternative
| Almond Milk with Carrageenan | Almond Milk without Carrageenan |
|---|---|
| Central Market / HEB (organic original and vanilla) Pacific Foods President’s Choice Trader Joe’s (aseptic)* Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully. |
365 Whole Foods Beber New Barn O Organics – Safeway OMilk NYC Trader Joe’s (refrigerated)* Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully. Wegman’s |
| Cheese Alternative with Carrageenan | Cheese Alternative without Carrageenan |
|
Dr-Cow Heidi Ho Miyoko’s Creamery (made with organic ingredients) |
| Chocolate Soymilk with Carrageenan | Chocolate Soymilk without Carrageenan |
| 365 Whole Foods Eden Foods (Eden Foods committed to removing carrageenan from all its products, but it remains in this one.) Nature’s Promise – GIANT Food Stores Trader Joe’s (Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully.) |
Organic Valley Tofu Shop |
| Coconut Milk with Carrageenan | Coconut Milk without Carrageenan |
|
Native Forest (canned milk or cream) So Delicious (all organic culinary milk, latte and coconut beverages) Tropical Traditions (coconut cream concentrate) |
| Coconut Water with Carrageenan | Coconut Water without Carrageenan |
| (Organic coconut water producers that used to add carrageenan have reformulated their products to be carrageenan-free) | Coco Libre coconut water Harmless Harvest Organic 100% Raw Lakewood (juice) Yoga Earth Purity (coconut water powder) |
| Coffee Creamer with Carrageenan | Coffee Creamer without Carrageenan |
| 365 Whole Foods Fresh & Easy Meijer Organics Trader Joe’s (Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully.) Wildwood |
Organic Valley |
| Frozen Dessert (non-dairy) with Carrageenan | Frozen Dessert (non-dairy) without Carrageenan |
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365 Whole Foods Coconut Secret Raw Coconut Cream Julie’s Luna and Larry’s Coconut Bliss Nadamoo Natural Choice Fruit Bars Organic Nectars Sambazon So Delicious (all frozen desserts and bars except those listed to the left)* |
| Hemp Milk with Carrageenan | Hemp Milk without Carrageenan |
| No organic hemp milk found with carrageenan. | Hemp Bliss |
| Oat Milk with Carrageenan | Oat Milk without Carrageenan |
| No organic oat beverages found with carrageenan. | Pacific Foods (organic original, organic vanilla) |
| Rice Milk with Carrageenan | Rice Milk without Carrageenan |
| 365 Whole Foods Rice Dream – shelf-stable (organic enriched unsweetened, Sprouted Rice Dream unsweetened)* |
B.R.A.T. (all flavors) Kirkland Signature Natur-a Nature’s Promise (Giant) Rice Dream – shelf-stable (organic classic original, organic enriched original)* Trader Joe’s (Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully.) |
| Soymilk with Carrageenan | Soymilk without Carrageenan |
| 365 Whole Foods* (Vanilla and Original Light) Cadia Fit & Active – Aldi Foods Full Circle Harris Teeter Kirkland Signature – Costco Knudsen‘s SoySations True Goodness – Meijer Nature’s Place – Hannaford Nature’s Promise – GIANT Food Stores O Organics – Safeway Pearl Soymilk – Kikkoman Rolling Hills Farm – ShopRite Simply Roundy’s Organic – Mariano’s Silk (In the process of removing carrageenan) Simple Truth Organics – Kroger So Nice Soy Dream (enriched vanilla and enriched original)* Starbucks Sunrich Trader Joe’s (except unsweetened in aseptic package)* Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully. Vermont Soy Vitasoy Wegman’s Westsoy (Organic Plus)* Wild Harvest Wildwood ZenSoy |
365 Whole Foods* (all but Vanilla and Original Light) Eden Soy (Chocolate flavor contains carrageenan) Natur-a Organic Valley Pacific Foods (Non-organic line contains carrageenan) Soy Dream (classic original and classic vanilla)* Sunrise Soya (Non-organic line contains carrageenan) Tofu Shop Trader Joe’s Unsweetened in aseptic package (refrigerated does contain carrageenan)* Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully. Twin Oaks Westsoy (original, unsweetened)* |
| “Yogurt” (Non-Dairy) with Carrageenan | “Yogurt” (Non-Dairy) without Carrageenan |
| (Organic non-dairy “yogurt” producers that used to add carrageenan have reformulated their products to be carrageenan-free) | Nancy’s (soy yogurt) O’Soy (Stonyfield Organic soy yogurt) So Delicious (coconut milk yogurt) Trader Joe’s (soy yogurt) Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully. Whole Soy & Co. (soy yogurt)
|
Organic Nutritional Drinks & Supplements
| Nutritional Drinks and Supplements with Carrageenan | Nutritional Drinks and Supplements without Carrageenan |
|---|---|
| 365 Everyday Value Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Gel (Whole Foods) Flora Softgels GNC Natural Brand Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Gel Happy Child Super Nutrition Shake Lily of the Desert Aloe Vera Gel* Muscle Milk Nature’s Plus Source of Life Garden vegetarian capsules Orgain (original and Healthy Kids)* Sambazon (Protein Superfood Smoothies)* |
Aloe Farms Aloe Vera Juice and Gel Amazing Grass Kidz Superfood Aubrey Organics Pure Aloe Vera B.R.A.T Garden of Life Lily of the Desert Aloe Vera Juice* NOW Aloe Vera Gel Orgain (protein shakes, vegan nutritional shakes, meal powder and protein powder)* PediaSmart Sambazon (All drinks except Protein Superfood Smoothies)* Svelte organic protein shakes |
Organic Deli Meat
| Deli Meat with Carrageenan | Deli Meat without Carrageenan |
|---|---|
| Applegate (Roasted Chicken, Herb Turkey Breast, Roasted Turkey Breast, Smoked Chicken, Smoked Turkey Breast)* | Applegate (Roast Beef, Black Forest Ham, Slow Cooked Ham)* Organic Prairie |
Organic Dips
| Dips with Carrageenan | Dips without Carrageenan |
|---|---|
| (Organic dip producers that used to add carrageenan have reformulated their products to be carrageenan-free) | Marzetti’s Organic Ranch Veggie Dip Simply Organic Dip Mixes |
Organic Juice
| Juice with Carrageenan | Juice without Carrageenan |
|---|---|
| (Organic juice producers that used to add carrageenan have reformulated their products to be carrageenan-free) | Apple and Eve Columbia Gorge Honest Kids Knudsen’s Lakewood Organic Valley Publix Santa Cruz Uncle Matt’s |
Organic Prepared Foods
| Desserts/Snacks with Carrageenan | Desserts/Snacks without Carrageenan |
|---|---|
| Full Circle Fruit and Cereal Bars Zen soy milk puddings |
There are many without carrageenan. Please watch the ingredients labels. |
| Pizza with Carrageenan | Pizza without Carrageenan |
| Bold Organics Dairy-Free Pizza | 365 Whole Foods Amy’s (70% organic) Annie’s Organic Frozen Pizza Nature’s Promise Publix Rising Moon Organics (70% organic) Trader Joe’s (Ingredients vary in Trader Joe’s products. Please read ingredients labels carefully.) |
| Prepared Meals with Carrageenan | Prepared Meals without Carrageenan |
| Amy’s Baked Ziti Bowl Cedarlane burritos |
There are many prepared meals without carrageenan. Please watch the ingredients labels. |
AVOID: Conventional/“Natural” Foods with Carrageenan
Below is a partial list of conventional products containing carrageenan. This list is not comprehensive, but provides examples of categories of foods where you may not expect to find carrageenan, like nutrition bars (Balance Bars), chocolate bars (Enjoy Life), and chicken strips (Butterball and Hormel).
Always check ingredients lists carefully when purchasing foods – some of the brands listed below carry products with and without carrageenan (for example, Kraft Philadelphia fat free cream cheese contains carrageenan, whereas Kraft Philadelphia regular cream cheese is carrageenan-free).
Chocolate/Candy Bars
Enjoy Life ChocoBoom™ Ricemilk and Ricemilk Crunch
Chocolate Milk/Powder
PayDay Bar
Borden (also eggnog and other flavors)
Carnation Breakfast Essentials
Garelick TruMoo™
Hood Simply Smart
Cold Stone Creamery
Nestle Nesquik
Ovaltine
Promised Land (also eggnog and other flavors)
Coffee Beverages
Stop ‘n Shop
Caribou (iced cofee in the can)
Coconut Cafe
International Delight
Coffee Creamer and Half and Half
Starbucks drinks with soymilk
Dairygold
Fresh Market half & half
Friendly Farms
Great Value (Walmart) half & half – please read the label, some may be on the market without carrageenan
Hood Fat Free coffee creamer
International Delight coffee creamer
King Island Coconut Milk coffee creamer
Meadowgold
Nestle Coffeemate, liquid (Only “Natural Bliss” full fat flavors are carrageenan-free)
Silk non-dairy coffee creamer
Dairy (cottage cheese, sour cream, ricotta cheese, yogurt, etc.)
So Nice non-dairy coffee creamer
Activia (yogurt)
Big Y Foods (part skim ricotta cheese)
Brown Cow (some yogurts)
Byblos yogurt
Byrne Dairy (ultra-pasteurized half & half)
Cabot (whipped cream, nonfat yogurt, cottage cheese)
Carnation (evaporated milk and Breakfast Essentials)
Dannon (Oikos yogurt)
Darigold
Dean’s (cottage cheese)
Dragone (ricotta cheese)
FarmFriend by Trickling Springs Creamery (chocolate milk)
Fit & Active (yogurt)
Friendship (non-fat cottage cheese)
Garelick Farms (cream, eggnog, whipped topping)
Great Value (Walmart)
Happy Farms (Aldi Foods)
Kemps (sour cream and cottage cheese)
Kraft (cottage cheeses and Philadelphia fat free cream cheese)
Kroger (CARBmaster nonfat milk)
LACTAID (Calcium enriched milk, chocolate milk, eggnog)
Land O’ Lakes (aerosol whipped cream, sour cream and cottage cheese)
Lucerne (heavy whipping cream)
Mid-America Farms
Nestle (Carnation evaporated milk)
Oakhurst (heavy cream)
Oberweis (chocolate milk)
Old Home Foods (sour cream, fat-free cottage cheese)
Pathmark (skim supreme)
Promised Land (whipping cream)
Reddi-Wip
Roundy’s (heavy whipping cream, cottage cheese, evaporated milk, more)
Shamrock Farms (cottage cheese and skim plus)
Sinton’s (whipping cream)
Starbucks (yogurt, whipped cream)
Trader Joe’s
coffee creamer
cottage cheese
many frozen dairy desserts
shelf-stable whipping cream
sour cream
Twin Brook Creamery (choclate milk and eggnog)
Westby (sour cream, yogurt, etc.)
Dairy Alternatives
Also see organic dairy alternatives in table at top of page for alternative beverages
Yogurtland
8th Continent soymilk
Almond Breeze (Blue Diamond) – Watch ingredients labels: Blue Diamond has removed carrageenan as of 2016
Almond Dream
almond milk: original, unsweetened, vanilla, and unsweetened vanilla
frozen dessert
Alpina Avena oatmeal smoothie
Archer Farms soymilk – Target
Bolthouse Farms soynog
Blue Monkey coconut milk
Chai Nog (Oregon Chai) soynog
Coconut Dream coconut beverages
Earth’s Own Almond Fresh almond milk
Engine 2 Plant-Strong almond milk
Flax USA flax milk
Friendly Farms almond milk (Aldi)
Great Value almond milk (Walmart)
Greenway unsweetened almond milk
Nature’s Place almond milk (unsweetened original and unsweetened vanilla)
Pacific Foods
hazelnut millk
hemp milk: unsweetened original, unsweetened vanilla and chocolate
rice milk
soymilk: all natural Select original and vanilla, all natural ultra original and vanilla
Rice Dream
frozen desserts
horchata
lattes
rice nog
Ryza rice milk
Simple Truth Coconutmilk – Kroger
Simpli Oat Shakes (chocolate and coffee flavors only)
Simply Balanced almond milk (Target)
So Delicious (almond milk plus protein)
So Nice soymilk (all flavors except natural)
Sol (Sunrich Naturals) sunflower milk
Soy Dream
frozen dessert
soymilk: enriched vanilla and enriched original
Soy Slender (Westsoy) soymilk and chocolate soymilk
Starbucks (soymilk and coconut milk may contain carrageenan, varies by store)
Sunflower Dream sunflower milk
Sunsational sunflower milk
Trader Joe’s
coconut milk
Soy Creamy frozen dessert
many other frozen desserts
Tofutti (all products)
Dairy-Free Cheese, Dips and Spreads
Zico cocunut beverage (chocolate flavored)
Butte Island Foods
Daiya (cheese slices; not cream cheese, cheese wedges or shredded cheese)
Dean’s
Go Veggie Foods
Lisanatti Foods – (reformulating to remove carrageenan, perhaps in mid-2016)
Marzetti’s Otria Greek Yogurt Veggie Dips (all flavors)
Marzetti’s Veggie Dips (all flavors)
Shullsburg Creamery
Soy Kaas
Desserts
Trader Joe’s
Dandies Vegan Marshmallows
Fresh & Easy Pudding
General Mills Fruit Gushers
Kozy Shack
Kraft Minute Tapioca
Little Debbie oatmeal snack cakes
Open Nature fruit and vegetable juice bars (Safeway)
Trader Joe’s dark chocolate covered caramels
Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt
Dressings (Salad)
Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts
Yoplait Frozen Greek Yogurt
Bolthouse Farms Yogurt
365 (Whole Foods) Frozen Fruit Bars
Ben and Jerry’s
Blue Bell Creameries
Blue Bunny
Breyer’s
Chapman’s
Ciao Bella Gelato
Coldstone Creamery
Dairy Queen
Double Rainbow Sorbet
Edy’s
Friendly’s
Hood
Kemp’s
LaLoo’s goat milk ice cream
Lopez Island Creamery
Perry’s
Publix
Purple Door Ice Cream
Sassy Cow Creamery
Schwan’s
Snickers Ice Cream Bars
Tillamook
Infant Formula
Currently all ready-to-drink (liquid) infant formula, except Gerber Good Start, contains carrageenan. Avoid carrageenan in infant formula by buying organic powdered formula.
Meat
Turkey Hill (Premium flavors only)
Aidells (lunchmeat)
Aldi (Fit & Active turkey breast and ham, Lunch Mate smoked ham)
Butterball (chicken breast strips)
Columbus Naturals (oven roasted turkey)
Hormel (Natural Choice deli meats)
Kroger (raw chicken)
Oscar Meyer (Deli-Fresh)
Nutrition Bars
Nutritional Drinks, Supplements and Teas
Please note that gel caps often contain carrageenan
Vita (Herring in Real Sour Cream)
Balance Bars
Atkins ready to drink shake
Blue Bonnet Liquid Calcium Magnesium Citrate Plus Vitamin D3 (listed as “sea vegetable extract”)
Bolthouse Farms Protein PLUS and Perfectly Protein
Carnation Breakfast Essentials
dōTERRA gel caps
Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics
EAS 100% Whey Protein Powder
Ensure
Herbalife Formula 1
Nestle Boost
Nordic Naturals gel caps
Odwalla protein drinks
Ovega-3 (in capsules)
PediaSure
Premier Protein Shake
Pure Protein Shake
Six Star Pro Nutrition Instant Protein Smoothie
Slim Fast
Solgar calcium-magnesium citrate liquid
Udo’s veggie caps
Yogi Green Tea Super Antioxidant
Young Living Oils gel caps
Prepared Foods
ZICO Coconut Water (chocolate)
Birds Eye Voila! Chicken Florentine
Buitoni Mushroom Agnolotti
Butterball Frozen Fully Cooked Turkey
Campbell’s (100% Natural Creamy Gouda Bisque, Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup)
Dempster’s tortillas
Gardenburger Malibu Burger
Gerber Graduates kids’ meals (ravioli)
Healthy Choice
Marie Callender’s pot pies
Rosetto Ravioli
Sophie’s Kitchen (most of the seafood alternatives)
Stouffer’s (meat loaf and fried chicken frozen dinners)
Trader Joe’s (chicken and cheese tamales)
Yves Veggie Cuisine
last updated on 8/2/2016
- many grocery store rotisserie chickens (this is not a brand, but a note to check product ingredients)
Bottom Line: READ YOUR LABELS!
You’ll be surprised at the listing (from Cornucopia.org):
AVOID: Conventional/“Natural” Foods with
Carrageenan
Below is a partial list of conventional products containing carrageenan. This list is not comprehensive, but provides examples of categories of foods where you may not expect to find carrageenan, like nutrition bars (Balance Bars), chocolate bars (Enjoy Life), and chicken strips (Butterball and Hormel).
Always check ingredients lists carefully when purchasing foods – some of the brands listed below carry products with and without carrageenan (for example, Kraft Philadelphia fat free cream cheese contains carrageenan, whereas Kraft Philadelphia regular cream cheese is carrageenan-free).
