Originally Posted by
STBCypriot
I am told, but canot be 100% sure that the following will also raise suspicion and cause a manual search (disassembly and unpleasant random repacking):
peanut butter
bags of brown sugar
bags of ground coffee (maybe beans too)
brownie mix
cake mix
cake frosting in plastic cans
baking powder
cornstarch
Now you ask why would I be carrying these items - because you can't get them in Bulgaria and I wanted some comforts of home to kep me sane.
Last year we had a whole bunch of cake mix in a couple of checked bags, no TSA love note. (As for why--request from SIL. They aren't available in China.)