Barley, corn, oats, soybeans, and wheat: where do you find them in your food?

Barley, corn, oats, soybeans, and wheat are in thousands of different food products purchased and consumed every day in Ontario. Here’s a very quick guide to some of the most common places you’ll find these crops.

Barley 

• Soup
• Flour
• Casseroles
• Fillings
• Cereal
• Barley grits
• Beer
• Pasta
• Baby food

Corn

• Corn starch
• Corn syrup
• Cornmeal
• Corn oil
• Corn chips
• Tacos
• Tortillas
• Fructose
• Icing sugar (dextrose)
• Glucose
• Jams, jellies, preserves
• Instant coffee
• Ketchup
• Mustard (prepared)
• Baby food
• Candies
• Beer
• Breakfast cereals
• Malted products
• Margarine
• Mayonnaise
• Carbonated beverages
• Peanut butter
• Flour
• Bread
• Whiskey
• Yogurts

Oats

• Oatmeal
• Flour
• Granola
• Cereal
• Bran

Soybeans

• Tofu
• Soy milk
• Edamame
• Soy/ Vegetable oil
• Soy flour
• Soy protein
• Okara
• Natto
• Miso
• Soy cheese
• Soy frozen desserts
• Soy grits
• Soy pudding
• Soy sauce
• Soy sprouts
• Soy yogurt
• Roasted soybeans
• Tempeh

Wheat

• Flour
• Bread
• Cakes
• Cookies
• Pastries
• Pasta
• Alcohol