High Lectin food list

High lectin food list - limit or avoid these foods if you have lectin sensitivities

 

 VEGETABLES – HIGH LECTIN 

  • Bean Sprouts  -L
  • Corn -L
  • Cucumber -L
  • Green Split Peas -L
  • Peppers – Bell or Hot -L
  • Potatoes -L
  • Squash, Butternut  -L
  • Squash, Spaghetti -L
  • Squash, Summer -L
  • Squash, Winter -L
  • Squash, Yellow -L
  • Yellow Split Peas -L
  • Zucchini  -L

FRUIT – HIGH LECTIN 

  • Cantaloupe / Rock Melon -L
  • Honey Dew-L
  • Watermelon-L

LEGUMES – HIGH LECTIN 

  • Beans -L
  • Lentils -L

NUTS & SEEDS – HIGH LECTIN 

  • Chia Seeds -L
  • Pumpkin Seeds -L
  • Sunflower Seeds -L

GRAINS – HIGH LECTIN 

  • Buckwheat -L
  • Buckwheat flour -L
  • Buckwheat noodles -L
  • Corn -L
  • Corn – Popped  -L
  • Crackers – Gluten-free- containing lectin ingredients -L
  • Oats – L
  • Pasta –Gluten free- contains lectin ingredients – L
  • Quinoa -L
  • Rice, black -L
  • Rice, brown -L
  • Rice, white (lower lectin than brown or black rice) -L

 

Buckwheat –  L

Buckwheat flour –  L

Buckwheat noodles – , L

![Corn] – L (If tolerated)

![Corn] – L – Popped (fresh if tolerated)

Crackers – Gluten-free- likely , L

Oats–  L 

Pasta – Gluten-free- likely , L

Quinoa–  L 

Rice, black –  L 

Rice, brown –  L 

Rice, white –  L 

[Potatoes] – , L

Bean Sprouts – L

![Corn] – L (If tolerated)

Cucumber – L 

Green Split Peas – L

![![Peppers, bell or hot] – L 

![Potatoes] – , L

Squash, Butternut– L

Squash, Spaghetti– L

![Squash, Summer]– L 

Squash, Winter – L 

Squash: Yellow – L

Yellow Split Peas -L

![Zucchini]– L

All vegetables prepared with restricted ingredients

Eggplant – L, 

Green Beans, String Beans – L

Peas – L

![Tomato] and all tomato products – L

Cantaloupe (rock melon) -L

![Honeydew – L

Watermelon  – L

Tomato] and all tomato products – L

Beans – Canned – L, 

Lentils – Canned -L, 

Peanuts – L, 

Almonds – with Skins – L, 

Pumpkin Seeds – L

Sunflower Seeds- L

Cashews – L, 

Peanuts– L, 

Brown Rice Flour – L,  (much higher oxalate)

Carob – L, 

White Rice Flour – L,  (medium oxalate)