Sulphites

[Richwoodhall]

Hi

My first post on here

Can anyone give me advice on avoiding sulphites as I’ve recently discovered it triggers my asthma

Is this common ?

Thanks

Rich

[beech]

It triggers breathlessness which passes fairly soon for me. So far I’ve found it mainly with pickles such as onions, capers and cornichons, but more annoyingly with white wine!

I also find it with vinegar containing foodstuffs such as tomato sauce.

Read the labels - these days, allergens are usually printed in bold in the list of ingredients, but not always.

I don’t think it is very unusual, bit I guess it depends how strongly you are affected as to whether you have to avoid completely, or use with caution.

[gandac]

Sulphites are a trigger for me. They are often in dried fruit. Reading the label is all you can do to avoid them at home.

[Beader3]

I’m sensitive to sulphites. Sulphites are present in processed meats/ sandwich meats; wines; anything dried, especially fruits; the more likely the food is to turn brown, the more I react -possibly because more sulpher is used? Dried or preserved Coconut. Nuts, ....dried cranberries, plums, so finally I learned to just leave all of these things alone....

A basic migraine food avoidance list includes a listing of sulphites.

I also react to all vinegar, & all forms of yeast & all fermentation & all molds.

Here, canned tomatoes do not need to list vinegar as an ingredient, but I understand that somehow vinegar is used to ripen tomatoes to process them for canning. I’m sensitive enough that any vinegar contact is too much.

On thanksgiving I was rinsing a tray that had held cocktail sauce. I knew vinegar was an ingredient & a problem so I was turned away, rinsing at arms length; that caused an asthma episode for me. Unable to walk, stand, speak, hacking....really quite ill.

[eachy]

Sulphites is also an asthma trigger for me...cook everything from scratch and stick to gin! A lot of alcohol has naturally occurring sulphite that is below the limit that they have to label it and pre cut/prepared bags of veg and salad aren’t labelled but in it’s there too...

[Joolstom]

You'll find sulphites are also present in diluted juices and cordials, so best to avoid.