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Vegetables

Is Sweetcorn Low FODMAP?

Portion-dependent

Low FODMAP only up to the serving size listed — larger servings stack.

Safe serving

Half a cob, about 38 g

FODMAP group responsible

  • Sorbitol — Polyols. Stone fruit, avocado, and most sugar-free products.
  • Fructans — Oligosaccharides. Wheat, onion, garlic. The most common trigger and the hardest to avoid.

Why

Low FODMAP at half a cob. Note that corn the vegetable and corn products are different questions — polenta, cornflour and corn tortillas are all FODMAP-free, while the kernels are portion-limited.

What to use instead

  • Polenta or cornmeal

    Milled corn has no ceiling.

Recipes using sweetcorn

Thick golden batons of baked polenta scattered with rosemary and grated parmesan on a baking tray
45 minServes 6

Crisp Rosemary Polenta Chips

Crisp outside, soft in the middle, and safe in a category where almost nothing else is. The waiting is all unattended.

  • Elimination
  • Reintroduction
  • Maintenance

This entry is compiled from published Monash-aligned guidance rather than our own laboratory testing, and thresholds are revised as new data arrives. For the elimination phase the Monash app is the authority. See the full food list for how the categories fit together, orcheck another food.

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