URGENT MEMORANDUM
FROM: CORN ALLERGY ADVOCACY/RESOURCES: cornallergyinitiative@gmail.com
DATE: OCTOBER 4, 2025
RE:
DEXTROSE (CORNSTARCH SUGAR/D-GLUCOSE), 21CFR184.1857
_______________________________________________________________________
WE,
CORN-ALLERGIC PATIENTS, WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE CLINICIANS TELLING US THAT
DEXTROSE IS NATURALLY PRESENT IN OUR BODY.
Published
in a Medical Journal:
"Dextrose-containing
solutions pose a significant risk to patients allergic to corn. Dextrose used
for IV fluids is prepared by . . . hydrolysis of cornstarch."
https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2019/05000/Excipients_in_Anesthesia_Medications.11.aspx
B.
Braun Medical, Inc.
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
"Solutions
containing dextrose may be contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to
corn products."
https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=190da07e-a616-46e6-b4e5-1c0ba39306e5
Baxter
Healthcare Corporation
DESCRIPTION:
"Dextrose is derived from corn."
https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=05f326e6-10e4-4ceb-8a23-f53c592f00b8
Millipore
Sigma
"Dextrose,
Biological Source: Corn"
https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/substance/dextrose1801650997
ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION: [Not included in my memorandum.]
MICHAEL
C. JUNGKEIT, M.D.
"INGREDIENTS
TO AVOID CORN ALLERGY"
"Alcohol,
Ethanol, Inositol, Acetic acid, Corn starch, Corn sweetener, corn sugar, Corn
syrup, corn syrup solids, Dextrin, Dextrose anything . . ., etc."
https://www.northkitsapent.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FoodallergiesCORN.pdf
Johns
Hopkins, "Corn-Free Diet"
"cornstarch,
corn oil, corn syrup[s], dextrins, maltodextrins, dextrose, fructose, ethanol,
maize, corn sugars (Dyno, Cerelose, Puretose, Sweetose, etc.), vegetable oil .
. . "
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/documents/specialties/adolescent-medicine/cfs-corn-free-diet.pdf
Integrative
Wellness Center
"Corn
Allergy Food List"
"Alcohol,
Cornstarch, Inositol, Ethanol, Ethyl acetate, Acetic Acid, Dextrin, Dextrose,
etc."
https://www.leavesoflife.com/blog/corn-allergy-food-list
"Corn
Allergy or Intolerance at UMass Amherst"
Hidden
Ingredients
"Dextrin,
Dextrose, Starch, food starch, etc."
https://umassdining.com/sites/default/files/Corn%20Allergy%20Intolerance_4.pdf
Coral
C. Clarke, RDN
"Corn
alcohol, Cornstarch, Dextrin, Dextrose, etc."
https://www.coralclarke.com/blog/corn
Nebraska
DHHS Maternal Infant Health
"Corn
syrup/solids, alcohol, starch, sugar/sweetener, malto, dextrose, dextrate,
sorbitol . . ., etc."
https://dhhs.ne.gov/MCAH/MI-OtherFoodAllergens-Graph.pdf
University
of Rochester Medical Center
"Corn-Free
Diet"
“Cornstarch,
corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrins, dextrose, ethanol, etc.”
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrens-hospital/nutrition/corn-free.aspx
"Pharmacists
are requested to use caution and be aware that many drugs and medications
contain undisclosed potential allergens in the form of sugars, starches, and
celluloses. Share the corn allergy example with prescribers . . ."
http://library.bcpharmacists.org/6_Resources/6-7_ReadLinks/ReadLinks-MayJun2007.pdf
Corn
Products Refining Co., Life Magazine, 8 September 1941
"Dextrose:
All-American Corn Sugar . . . derived from American corn, refined in American
factories, distributed by American companies.”
https://candyprofessor.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/dextrose-all-american-corn-sugar/
Nutritive
Sweeteners From Corn, Corn Refiners Association
[Note:
Dextrose is listed 9 times in this article.]
https://corn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSFC2006.pdf
Corn
Sugar Hearings, Sixty-Ninth Congress, January 27, 1926
".
. . that corn sugar is what is chemically known as dextrose . . ."
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d03669822a&view=1up&seq=3&skin=2021
Corn
Refiners Association
"Intravenous
Solution, Patients
with low blood sugar are often given IV drips, many of which contain dextrose,
a corn derivative."
https://corn.org/products/sweeteners/
