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We get this question a lot. Here is a list of foods that Tootsie can eat...
BREAD
Udi's white sandwich bread (Haggen, Fred Meyer)
Udi's Multi Grain (Costco)
Corn tortillas (She likes the soft ones. We use them for quesadillas, topped with sour cream).
CEREAL
Rice Chex
Corn Chex
PASTA
Annie's Mac-n-Cheese - white rice noodles. (Haggen & Fred Meyer)
Jovial Brown Rice Noodles (Haggen)
NUTS - almonds, pecans & peanuts. Adam's natural peanut butter (no sugar added).
FRUIT
Banana - 1 per day. Ripe, but no spots.
1/2 a Clementine orange
VEGETABLES
Red Pepper (1/2 per day)
English Cucumber
A little raw Broccoli
Lettuce
Potatoes - Mashed, baked, or fried. We stick with russet potatoes
DAIRY
Cheese - unflavored, unprocessed
Milk - lactose free
Butter - salted, real butter
Sour Cream - Daisy (not fat free)
MEAT, POULTRY, FISH
Unprocessed, unseasoned Meat, Fish, & Poultry
Lunch meat - Boar's Head smoked ham. (Fred Meyer) Black Forest Ham (Costco)
Albacore Tuna - solid white, in spring water. (Costco)
Prawns
Bacon - read ingredients. Sugar is okay (fruit juices, molasses, HFCS, honey - NOT okay)
Eggs
CONDIMENTS
Best Foods Real Mayo (regular, not light)
Olive Oil
CHIPS
Cheetos
Pirate's Booty - aged white cheddar flavor
Cheetos Natural White Cheddar Puffs
Ruffles Potato Chips - plain
Tortilla Chips - Tostitos
DRINKS
Stur - stevia water enhancer
Water
Small treats
Dum Dum sucker
Smarties
Wrigley's Gum - Juicy Fruit, Double Mint, Winterfresh, Big Red
VITAMINS
Gummy Power Sours by Rainbow Light
BREAD
Udi's white sandwich bread (Haggen, Fred Meyer)
Udi's Multi Grain (Costco)
Corn tortillas (She likes the soft ones. We use them for quesadillas, topped with sour cream).
CEREAL
Rice Chex
Corn Chex
PASTA
Annie's Mac-n-Cheese - white rice noodles. (Haggen & Fred Meyer)
Jovial Brown Rice Noodles (Haggen)
NUTS - almonds, pecans & peanuts. Adam's natural peanut butter (no sugar added).
FRUIT
Banana - 1 per day. Ripe, but no spots.
1/2 a Clementine orange
VEGETABLES
Red Pepper (1/2 per day)
English Cucumber
A little raw Broccoli
Lettuce
Potatoes - Mashed, baked, or fried. We stick with russet potatoes
DAIRY
Cheese - unflavored, unprocessed
Milk - lactose free
Butter - salted, real butter
Sour Cream - Daisy (not fat free)
MEAT, POULTRY, FISH
Unprocessed, unseasoned Meat, Fish, & Poultry
Lunch meat - Boar's Head smoked ham. (Fred Meyer) Black Forest Ham (Costco)
Albacore Tuna - solid white, in spring water. (Costco)
Prawns
Bacon - read ingredients. Sugar is okay (fruit juices, molasses, HFCS, honey - NOT okay)
Eggs
CONDIMENTS
Best Foods Real Mayo (regular, not light)
Olive Oil
CHIPS
Cheetos
Pirate's Booty - aged white cheddar flavor
Cheetos Natural White Cheddar Puffs
Ruffles Potato Chips - plain
Tortilla Chips - Tostitos
DRINKS
Stur - stevia water enhancer
Water
Small treats
Dum Dum sucker
Smarties
Wrigley's Gum - Juicy Fruit, Double Mint, Winterfresh, Big Red
VITAMINS
Gummy Power Sours by Rainbow Light
I'm not crazy about Best Foods Mayo...used to like Kraft, but was unsure after diagnosis.
ReplyDeletefound Trader Joe's organic mayo, is great and has no sugar at all.
I'd like to try to make my own..if I can ever get back in the kitchen. (my other illnesses have been acting up.)
Alton Brown has an easy way to make homemade mayo...my husband found it.
so glad you are finding things to eat that satisfy.
I'm still not quite to the point where I trust much. And really crave more veggies.
wendy
Wendy, I totally understand your fear of trying new foods. It's a 3 day course of symptoms for Tootsie when she eats something that isn't tolerated. We learned yesterday that green beans seem to be well-tolerated by other FM'rs so I'm building up the courage to give them a try. Oh, and I have made homemade mayo - it's quite easy - but once we learned she could tolerate Best Foods I got lazy and quit making it.
ReplyDeleteOther than banana, what fruits can she eat?
ReplyDeleteShe won't touch berries and has a very low tolerance for oranges. She can have maybe 2 segments of a clementine orange a couple times a week. So not much fruit at all. Before we knew about her FructMal we use to sneak fruit in her yogurt and she would detect it and spit it out. We bribed her to eat a blueberry and she gagge - couldn't choke it down.. That, along with her GI issues, is what sparked our initial inquiry of fructose intolerance.
ReplyDeleteWell I think her food list looks pretty darn good as it is! I guess the bottom line is all FructMal'ers have different thresholds for what they can tolerate. Thanks for sharing Tootsie's list!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Kristi! I am hoping we can add to the list as her taste buds mature. And, yes, they all have different thresholds. Hers seems to be quite low. I have read that as they grow, their intestines get longer and provide more surface area for absorption. I would be thrilled if she could outgrow this to a certain degree. That's what I pray for :)
ReplyDeleteIs she she taking the Gummy Power Sours vitamins daily? I was looking at them for my son, but was surprised to see they have 6 grams of sugar? She tolerates them ok?
ReplyDeleteI think one of the challenges to have a young child with Fructmal is that there isn't much variety in their diet. . .well, in my son's case any way who loved his fruits before and won't touch most veggies- ha!!
Yes, she does tolerate the Gummy vitamins and takes them daily. The first ingredient is Glucose Syrup so I'm thinking they are tolerated because the glucose helps her to absorb the fructose.
ReplyDeleteI wondered about that :) I am going to give them a try for my little guy. They are much more "complete" than many of the other choices I have found.
ReplyDeleteHi fructmal mama,
ReplyDeleteIs sweet potato ok to consume? thanks.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the list! Just curious... how does she tolerate the dum-dums? My son has a pretty immediate negative response to them and aren't they almost all HFCS? Or are there flavors that don't have HFCS?
Thanks!
She does great with Dum Dums...no more than 1 in a day. The flavor doesn't seem to matter. They have sugar and corn syrup in the ingredients (no HFCS). One Dum Dum has 3.6g of sugar.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteMy 9 year old daughter has just been diagnosed with fructose malabsorption. I am having a difficult time trying to think of food that she can take to school for lunch. This is all very overwhelming for me and I feel myself getting frustrated quite a bit. PLEASE HELP!
Thanks,
Lexi
In your same shoes Lexi!
DeleteWith sympathy,
Jacqueline
Please join my Parents of FM kids group on Facebook. Link at the top of the page. You'll find a lot of info there under files or by searching previous posts.
DeleteLunch bag items: Tuna, cheese, chicken or egg salad sandwiches | nuts (pecans or almonds are favorites here) | red bell pepper or english cucumber slices | chips or crackers | string cheese | boiled eggs | homemade beef jerky | berries (only for my son)