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Trigger checker for cranberry sauce
See cranberry sauce rated across every trigger — FODMAP, histamine, salicylate, oxalate, tyramine and more — plus diet compatibility, all in one quick ingredient profile.
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What cranberry sauce contains
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What to know about cranberry sauce
Cranberry sauce is graded on the sugar, not the berry. A standard recipe is close to equal parts fruit and sweetener by weight, and that is why the sauce grades moderate for excess fructose and moderate for FODMAPs, borderline on the inflammatory scale and poor for DASH. Everything else on the holiday table is louder: cranberry sauce grades clean on gluten, lactose, dairy protein, histamine, tyramine, nickel and sulfites.
Watch for
- Moderate for FODMAPs and excess fructose, and both grades come from the added sugar rather than the cranberries.A spoonful beside the roast is a genuinely different dose from the bowl people keep going back to
- Jellied tinned versions are frequently sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, which grades high for fructose, high for FODMAPs and poor for fermentation in its own right.The tin you buy changes the answer
- Poor fit for DASH and only middling for a Mediterranean pattern, on sugar content alone.This is a confection built on fruit rather than a fruit side dish
- Clean across the classic food chemistry triggers, so at a Christmas or Thanksgiving table the cranberry sauce is rarely the culprit.Aged cheese, cured meat, stuffing and wine are the usual suspects
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FAQ
What does the FODMAP rating mean for cranberry sauce?
Medium FODMAP: portion size matters more than the ingredient itself.
Is cranberry sauce generally well tolerated?
Acidic Foods (High) and FODMAPs (Moderate) Start with those if you react.
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