Making Substitutions : Ketchup

 In order to keep myself in remission from Crohn's, I avoid all gluten and corn in my diet. I also avoid all derivatives of gluten and corn, including corn syrup and white vinegar. The most important thing I had to do was to give up condiments, such as ketchup, mayo and mustard.  Condiments contain white vinegar or corn syrup. Most commercial ketchups contain both.

Fortunately found this natural ketchup at Whole Foods. Tastes almost like regular ketchup except slightly less sweet and a bit more tangy. Noble Made uses apple cider vinegar instead of white distilled. Also they do not use corn sweetener. Commercial ketchup, BTW, is about 1/3 sugar. Actually that's corn syrup. 

I also found a few more brands that were also free from vinegar and corn syrup. Will try in the near future. Had these with scrambled eggs. Nice treat!

Spicy Ketchup Substitute

Ketchup. Delicious. Great with chicken or fries. Well not for me. It will send me into a flare. There are two reasons why Ketchup will flare me. 

1. Vinegar. White distilled vinegar is derived from corn. I must avoid all corn as well as corn derivatives in oder to keep my Crohn's in remission. It seems odd, but so it goes.

2. High Fructose Corn Syrup. Another corn derivative. 

Luckily I found Paleochef brand wing sauce in Whole Foods. It is somewhat spicy. The nice thing is that it uses Apple Cider vinegar instead of White distilled vinegar. It also uses honey instead of the corn syrup. And tastes delicious. Had it with scrambled eggs this morning.