Subject says it all. Just curious, not me, it’s a neighbor/friend/cousin, yes, I know to go to a doctor, YMMV.
Offhand, I’d say no. Corn syrup is glucose and water, just a simple sugar solution, really. Nothing about it is particularly “corny”, we just make it from corn because corn is plentiful, easy to grow, and has a lot more sugar than most other grains.
Yes, you most certainly do.
http://allergies.about.com/cs/corn/a/aa053199.htm
The problem comes from the fact that incredibly tiny amounts of protein can trigger an allergic reaction and there is normally no need (or ability) to refine corn products to such purity in the manufacturing process.
Corn allergies are a huge pain in the ass. I feel for ya. You have to avoid to many things you’d never even consider.
For example, a lot of commercial pizza places use cornmeal to dust the crust with.
Many chewing gums are dusted with cornstarch.
And corn syrup is used in everything from drinks to microwave dinners.
I’d say try to shop for natural/organic foods, where they’d be more likely to sweeten things with cane sugar over corn syrup.
I stand corrected. I did not realize how much corn stuff is left in corn by-products.
Our chief engineer has a corn allergy. To add to your list, he has to avoic milk products in plastic containers. Those containers are lined with cornstarch.
Kid Kalhoun had a corn allergy years ago. Everything with corn in it was on the list of stuff to avoid. It was EXTREMELY difficult to find foods that didn’t have corn something in it.
Anyhoo…he no longer has a problem with it. And he refused to give up his favorite corn products anyway. It wasn’t a huge problem anyway.