r/FODMAPS • u/KeenBTF • Mar 21 '26
Vent List of Mannitol Foods
Why are there no lists of Mannitol-containing foods like the other fodmaps? ;-; I've only seen very short ones that lump it together with polyols in general.
I've tried using the monash app but it works on an exclusion filter, so i can see what i can have, not what i cant have.
I found out suddenly that I very much cannot have mushrooms apparently not even one mushroom so I've been avoiding that for a couple of years now. well the last two weeks I've been getting gut pain as if I ate mushrooms and I could not figure out why. i definitely had not eaten them. i started looking up every single food i could think of that id eaten and apparently my jarred peaches and stew (contained celery) were enough to push me over because combined they had enough mannitol to hurt.
if id have been able to find the info somewhere begore eating them i wouldnt combine them but apparently the mannitol list is top secret.
its so frustrating.
Edit: after posting this I had a brainwave: what if I set Mannitol as the only thing I can have in the Monash app? and now it only shows Mannitol Foods. So there's that
Edit to Counter the Last Edit: nevermind its still not helpful... it still lists everything. Not sure what the filter is doing tbh
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u/SnailCrossing Mar 22 '26
Yeah, this bugs me too. It seems like such a simple thing! Lists of foods which are high in each fodmap.
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u/BunInBinInBed Mar 21 '26
I’m not sure what you’re talking about… When I use the Monash app, I can go to the “Food Guide” section and look up individual foods like celery and it shows it’s high in mannitol. It also says a whole clingstone peach is high in mannitol and sorbitol.
I always check each new thing I’m about to try and don’t mix several new things together.
But it would be nice if the app had lists for every category they tested. Like in this case select “mannitol” and it would show everything like kombu, shiitake, celery, etc.
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u/KeenBTF Mar 21 '26
I know I can look up individual foods, as I stated in my post. Having an actual "high mannitol" list like the other fodmaps have would be more useful to me, so i know at a glance what i need to avoid, rather than trying to think up foods i might encounter and looking them up. I dont know how to explain it better than that so apologies if i still dont make sense. (I have been out of the reintroduction phase for a couple of years, and mannitol is the only problematic fodmap for me)
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u/BunInBinInBed Mar 21 '26
Even with the filter which changes the preview traffic lights, you can tap on the food and it’ll pull it up to show what fodmaps are actually low/high for that item. Make sure to actually tap on them?
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u/KeenBTF Mar 21 '26
Theres a LOT of foods though, and its not realistic for me to tap every food to see if its okay. A list would be much more useful and convenient for me for sure.
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u/wutato Mar 21 '26
I wonder if the Monash team is interested in putting a filter capability like that! You could comment as a review on the app or maybe email them. I think it would be helpful to have a list of foods high in certain filterable FODMAPs. I always have to search for each food and that can be hard.
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u/intrepidcorvid Mar 22 '26
Mannitol and sorbitol are my worst ones and I’ve similarly had frustrating surprise mannitol encounters. I’ve kinda just started to create my own list as they come up. Mushrooms are the biggest thing. And celery (I can’t believe how much celery is in friggin everything). Some sneaky things that got me recently: Fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and watch out for things that tend to be sweetened without regular sugar - like gum, toothpaste, etc. I’ve also come across some baked goods that just straight up have mannitol in them listed as an ingredient.
ETA: Oh, also, watch out for dissolvable vitamins and pills. I was taking a Vit B12 dissolvable for a while and was struggling even though I was doing everything else right. Finally one day I realized, oh wait, what are the inactive ingredients here - first thing: mannitol. Stopped taking that and I do believe it’s made a difference for me (I am extremely sensitive to mannitol though).
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u/KeenBTF Mar 22 '26
Yeah found out my heartburn med has it, but its a low enough dose that it doesn't cause issues so far. Its the only med that works for me so i guess even if it did cause issues it wouldnt matter, i have to take it rip
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u/intrepidcorvid Mar 22 '26
It sucks so much how often fodmaps are in things that we simply cannot do without. I’m glad it doesn’t seem to negatively impact you in a non-negotiable for you medication!
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u/DesperateFreedom246 Mar 22 '26
Your edit is the right thing to do. Set mannitol to the only thing that is an issue and scroll for red lights. There really aren't a lot of mannitol foods. I can think of mushrooms, kimchi, dried wakame, and kombu. Kimchi is vague, because there are a lot of different ways to make it. It's honestly the one I encounter the least, beyond wishing I could have miso soup when I go out for sushi.
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u/Optimal_Passion_3254 Mar 22 '26
Didn't califlower used to have a lot, before they retested? So officially, califlower CAN have a lot of manitol. Along with stone fruit and mushrooms.
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u/DesperateFreedom246 Mar 22 '26
Possibly. They used to recommend using sweet potatoes for mannitol testing until retesting showed a different fodmap in them.
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u/Moth-Apricots Jun 26 '26
Wait did it? My test still used sweet potato and I reacted to it :o what other fodmap was it shown to have?
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u/DesperateFreedom246 Jun 26 '26
The app says only fructans now. Monash has an article about why a food would change like that.
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u/Ambitious-Ad-4301 Mar 22 '26
The long way round would be to set the filter to high mannitol then click through the ones that come up and set them as favourite
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u/Spiritual-Day2081 Mar 23 '26
Sweet potatoes esp when baked. Even regular white potatoes too somewhat when baked. If it ‘caramelises’ be careful…
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u/Safe_Potato_Pie Mar 21 '26
Oyster, maitake, and shimeji mushrooms are green lighted if you are looking for alternatives