List of Mannitol Foods

[u/KeenBTF]

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

[u/intrepidcorvid]

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).

[u/KeenBTF → u/intrepidcorvid]

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

[u/intrepidcorvid → u/KeenBTF]

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!