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Please note that I have not received written confirmation of legality from the manufacturers themselves, unless specifically noted next to the product. I am, however, extremely sensitive to illegal ingredients and have had no reactions from these products. It is adviseable, though, to always obtain a written statement from the company to verify whether the product has any illegal lingredients that are not listed on the label.
For a sample letter that you could use to write to a food manufacturer, click here. If you receive a written statement from the manufacturer proving any of these products to not be SCD-legal, please forward a scanned copy of the statement to me, or forward a copy of the email to me at nomorecrohnsmagazine@gmail.com. I will review it and take the product off of this page. Thanks! |
Additionally, if you have discovered a product that you believe to be legal, I'd love to hear about it! Write to me at nomorecrohns@gmail.com!
To see a few more products, see our Facebook page NoMoreCrohns.com. Note: As with any prepared product, make a note of whether it gives you any symptoms. If so, discontinue use. Not all companies detail which ingredients make up less than 2% of the total product, or whether they add anything to aid the production process, so a sure way of finding out what is in the product is to write to them and ask them for a list of ingredients in writing before you try a product. Refer to "Breaking the Vicious Cycle" for more instructions about prepared products. Bottom line: Be empowered to do your own detective work about prepared products! For a sample letter that you could use to write to a food manufacturer, click here. |
Happy Shopping!
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Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's Customer Service stated to me in an email about whether their products contain anything other than what is stated on the label, and about the peach halves in particular: "Thank you for contacting us with your concerns. Trader Joe's will always list every ingredient used in any of the Trader Joe's brand name products. There is nothing else added to the Peach Halves other than what is listed on the ingredient label. Thank you for shopping at Trader Joe's. Kellye, Trader Joe's Customer Relations." 
Crushed garlic (contains garlic, oil, and preservative)
Albacore Solid White Tuna in Water
Unsalted Dry Toasted Pecan Pieces
Freeze Dried Mango
Black Mission Figs
Just Blueberry Juice (there may be a few other legal juices at Trader Joe's - check that it contains nothing but 100% juice and NO "natural flavors."
100% Apple Juice
Premium Chunk White Chicken in water
Also at Trader Joe's: Small bags of almond flour (be aware though that some people do not do well with it because it contains the skins), dried unsweetened fruit, some types of fruit leather with just fruit and preservative - avoid those with "natural flavors", and unsalted nuts.
Apple + Strawberry bars, as well as Apple + Mango, and Apple + Coconut. There is a letter on file in a Facebook Group. Be careful with coconut when starting the diet, as BTVC states. I wouldn't recommend eating the Apple + Banana bars as they are made with bananas that may not have been speckled. |
Costco
I love to get everything possible at Costco, because it really helps save money! Since we eat so many of the same items, buying in bulk makes sense for us on the SCD. 
Kirkland Brand Solid White Albacore in Water (check to make sure it doesn't contain broth.)
Large containers of pure honey. I have read in the Costco magazine how they source their honey locally and don't add anything to it.
Kirkland brand pre-cooked bacon (store in freezer; any bacon is legal on the SCD if eaten once a week, crisply fried according to "Breaking the Vicious Cycle.")
Kirkland Brand Peanut Butter (contains peanuts & salt only)
Hatch Diced Green Chiles. Contains chiles and preservative only.
Sun-Maid Organic Raisins
Festival canned Sliced Mushrooms. Contains mushrooms and preservative only.
Bare Fruit Cinnamon (and regular) Apple Chips
Tropicana 100% Orange Juice (make sure it does NOT contain added calcium or vitamin D)
Also at Costco: Kirkland brand sugar-free vanilla extract with vanilla & water & alcohol only.
Blanched almond flour. Frozen fruit. Parmesan Whisps (letter on file in a Facebook group.) |
Grocery Store: Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons, etc.
Tropicana 100% Orange Juice (make sure it does NOT contain added calcium or vitamin D)
Dannon All Natural Plain Yogurt (only to be used as a starter for making SCD yogurt! Make sure it is not the nonfat kind, which contains pectin.)
Campbell's Tomato Juice - small and large cans
Dole Pineapple Chunks *in its own juice* (make sure Dole has not added Vitamins A & E, which are bound with cornstarch). Several years ago they changed their formula to contain Vitamins & E, but changed it back because so many people contacted them. My understanding is that Dole Pineapple *in its own juice* is SCD-legal again.
Dole Pineapple Orange juice small cans (make sure Dole has not added Vitamins A & E, which are bound with cornstarch)
Laura Scudder's (or Smucker's) Peanut Butter (contains peanuts & salt only)
Most store brand mustards, if they contain only legal spices and vinegar.
Twinings Decaffeinated English Breakfast Tea
The official SCD website lists decaffeinated products as illegal. However, it explains that this is because SOME decaf products might contain chemicals left over from the decaffeination process. When I was on the Long Island List Serve and Elaine was answering questions, Elaine verified with Lipton that Lipton uses a legal process to make their decaf black tea. I used Lipton decaf for a long time. I then switched to Twinings decaf black. The Twinings website states that they use liquid carbon dioxide that leaves no residue on the tea. Therefore, this looks legal. I have used this tea and have had no symptoms. Read more on their website.
MALK Almond Milk (containing just almond milk, water, and salt) has been found at the Kroger family of stores. There is a letter on file in an SCD Facebook group. Also available at grocery stores: various brands of jarred crushed garlic containing garlic, oil and preservative.
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Sprout's Farmer's Market
Ground chicken, ground turkey, ground beef, ground pork, and other cuts of pure meat that contain no illegal additives such as "natural flavors."
Also available:
Various brands of jarred crushed garlic containing garlic, oil and preservative. Liberated Specialty Foods SCD legal pizza crusts. Yay for seeing "SCD Legal" on the box! I found True Story brand turkey lunch meat that contains only meat, water, and salt. I received an email back saying this was all that is in the product so they are SCD legal. Knudsen's Just Juice products, that contain only juice and water (none from concentrate). There is a letter on file through the pecanbread.com website. |
Smart & Final
First Street Pure Vanilla Extract (contains vanilla, water, and alcohol only)
Other Products
Heather K. forwarded me an email response from Sonoma Brinery, stating that their RAW sauerkraut is legal: "Hi Heather. There is nothing in our Raw Traditional Sauerkraut other than cabbage, salt, filtered water...... except great bacteria for your tummy! Keep up the great work!! Jill Lyon Sonoma Brinery 707-477-8349 |
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