What is in French's Yellow Mustard?  Well, I can tell you what's NOT in it.

Seriously.  I recently called the company that makes French's Yellow Mustard to ask them what "SPICES" means in their list of ingredients. The fellow on the phone gave me a list of things NOT in the Mustard. 

I kindly told him this does me no good as the list of ingredients NOT in mustard is much longer than what is actually IN mustard.  So wouldn't it be faster to give me the list of what IS in it?

I suspect his answer was to disclose that they don't have the "big 8" food allergens:

• Milk
• Eggs
• Peanuts
• Tree nuts
• Fish
• Shellfish
• Soy
• Wheat

Here are some of the things he said are NOT in French's Yellow Mustard:

No dye, food colouring, non-iodized salt, fatty acid, garlic, milk, onion, shellfish, eggs, no animal byproduct, nuts, peanuts, peanut oil, cassein, paprika, MSG, white pepper, hydrolized protein. Some of these he repeated more than once....

He said their Yellow Mustard is Gluten free and contains vinegar from distilled alcohol which does not come from corn or sugar. 

Although I could be wrong, I suspect the vinegar does come from corn or sugar.  After I ate it, my symptoms became aggravated.  Economics usually prevails in big business, and the regular vinegar you normally find on the shelf is probably the cheapest and also often comes from corn or sugar (which is often from corn). 

However, in all fairness to French's, it could have also been the Chick Pea Falafel I ate with the Mustard.  I bought the Falafel from the Farmer's Market and was assured of the list of ingredients.  I think they may have put Black and White Pepper in the Falafel.  Of all the foods I am reactive to, it is Black and White Pepper.

For now, French's Yellow Mustard is on my UNSURE list of foods to eat.