If you are having a difficult time finding a food item’s location you might consider looking at corn. Corn shows up in processed food in many different ways that we may not always consider. Corn is used in the production of many ingredients that appear in everyday foods. Some items that use corn:

• Pectin (the stuff that makes jelly jellyish) uses dextrose (a corn product)
• Cultures (Bacteria used in some foods) grown on corn
• Iodized Salt (some brands use dextrose)
• Colorings (many brown and caramel colors are corn based)
• Corn syrup or high fructose Corn syrup is  popular sweetner

Corn is also an important component of Animal Feed. If your diet includes:

• Beef
• Chicken
• Eggs
• Milk
• Pork

You are eating “processed corn”. All of these animals are fed corn based products when they farmed on a large scale.

Much of the corn that is produced in the USA is genetically modified to resist certain pesticides and diseases. The use of GMO (genetically modified corn) as well as the widespread use of corn is a controversial issue for many people concerned with out food supply and our agricultural bio-diversity. Check out this movie for one perspective: King Corn