Living with processed food allergies...
Jul. 24th, 2012 12:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jessicainjapanI'll update this as I find relevant info.
If I have anything with a decent concentration of high fructose corn syrup I break out in hives on my face (and sometimes on my arms). It's not a bad reaction -- just inconvenient. And itchy. It's a recent allergy/reaction so I'm being careful about it. To avoid dealing with the hives while in the US I've slowly weeded out items in my diet that trigger the reaction including store bought jelly and now, unfortunately, some ketchups (alas!).
Here is what I've found as far as being able to identify HFCS in Japan along with the link to the thread that I read on gaijinpot:
"HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) in Japanese is generally known as 異性化糖（いせいかとう）, but depending on the concentration can also be called:
If I have anything with a decent concentration of high fructose corn syrup I break out in hives on my face (and sometimes on my arms). It's not a bad reaction -- just inconvenient. And itchy. It's a recent allergy/reaction so I'm being careful about it. To avoid dealing with the hives while in the US I've slowly weeded out items in my diet that trigger the reaction including store bought jelly and now, unfortunately, some ketchups (alas!).
Here is what I've found as far as being able to identify HFCS in Japan along with the link to the thread that I read on gaijinpot:
"HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) in Japanese is generally known as 異性化糖（いせいかとう）, but depending on the concentration can also be called:
- ブドウ糖果糖液糖 dextroglucose fructose liquid sugar, aka HFCS 42 (used in most foods and baked goods; approximately 42% fructose and 58% glucose)
- 果糖ブドウ糖液糖 fructose dextroglucose liquid sugar, aka HFCS 55 (mostly used in soft drinks)
- 高果糖液糖 high fructose liquid sugar, aka HFCS 90 (= 90% fructose, 10% glucose)
- 砂糖混合異性化液糖 "
