Food Ingredients
Comprehensive information on food ingredients, allergens and food additives
Sauteed Vegetables
Sauteed vegetables are fresh vegetables that have been cooked quickly in a small amount of fat, such as oil or …
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Seasoned Cooked Chicken
Animal-derived
Seasoned cooked chicken is chicken meat that has been prepared with added seasonings, such as salt, pepper, herbs, and spices. …
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Shredded Parmesan Cheese
Animal-derived
Shredded Parmesan cheese is a hard, dry cheese made from cow's milk. It is produced by heating milk, adding rennet …
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Soy Soy Lecithin
Not animal-derived
Soy lecithin is a phospholipid mixture derived from soybeans. It is typically produced by extracting soybean oil and then processing …
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Sulfate
Not animal-derived
Sulfates are salts or esters of sulfuric acid, a strong acid. In food, they often appear as mineral salts like …
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Sweet Peas
Not animal-derived
Sweet peas (Pisum sativum) are a type of garden pea. They are small, round, green seeds that grow in pods. …
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Syrup Blend
Not animal-derived
A syrup blend is a mixture of various concentrated sugar solutions. These can be derived from different plant sources like …
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Tara
Not animal-derived
Tara gum is a natural thickening and stabilizing agent derived from the ground seeds of the tara tree, native to …
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Unbromated Wheat Flour
Not animal-derived
Unbromated wheat flour is flour milled from wheat kernels that has not been treated with potassium bromate. It is a …
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Vit B12
Vitamin B12, also called cobalamin, is a nutrient that the body needs but cannot make on its own. It is …
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Wasabi Flavor
Not animal-derived
Wasabi flavor is a compound designed to mimic the pungent taste of real wasabi. It is typically made from a …
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Water Sugar
Not animal-derived
Water is a clear, odorless, tasteless liquid essential for life. It is a naturally occurring compound made of hydrogen and …
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Whiskey
Not animal-derived
Whiskey is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Grains commonly used include barley, malted barley, rye, wheat, …
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Whole
Not animal-derived
The term "whole" refers to food ingredients that retain all their natural components. For grains, this means the bran, germ, …
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Whole Grain Corn Masa Flour
Not animal-derived
Whole grain corn masa flour is made from whole corn kernels that have been nixtamalized (cooked in an alkaline solution, …
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Yellow Corn Masa Flour
Not animal-derived
Yellow corn masa flour is a type of corn flour made from dried corn kernels that have been treated with …
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Yogurt Cultures: S
Animal-derived
Yogurt cultures are live microorganisms, typically bacteria like Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. These bacteria are added to milk and …
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100% Whole Grain Oat Flour
Not animal-derived
100% Whole Grain Oat Flour is made from whole oats that have been ground into a fine powder. It includes …
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Acids
Not animal-derived
Acids are compounds that taste sour. They can be naturally found in fruits like lemons and limes, or they can …
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And Annatto Added
Not animal-derived
Annatto is a natural food coloring derived from the seeds of the achiote tree, native to tropical regions of the …
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And Guar Gum
E412
Not animal-derived
Guar gum is a dietary fiber derived from the ground endosperm of guar beans, which are legumes native to India …
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And Titanium Dioxide
E171
Not animal-derived
Titanium dioxide is a naturally occurring mineral that is processed into a fine white powder for use in food. It …
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Artifical Flavor
Artificial flavors are compounds that mimic the taste and aroma of natural ingredients but are created in a lab. They …
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Artificial Vanilla
Not animal-derived
Artificial vanilla, also known as vanillin, is a synthetic compound that mimics the flavor of natural vanilla extract. It is …
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Barbeque Sauce
Barbeque sauce is a savory, sweet, and often tangy condiment used to flavor and baste foods, especially grilled or roasted …
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Basil Pesto
Animal-derived
Basil pesto is a sauce originating from Genoa, Italy. It is traditionally made by crushing fresh basil leaves with pine …
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Beet Juice Color
Not animal-derived
Beet juice color is a natural colorant derived from beets. The vibrant red or purple color comes from betalain pigments, …
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BHT And Citric Acid Added To Help Protect Flavor
Not animal-derived
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) is a synthetic antioxidant. Citric acid is a weak organic acid found naturally in citrus fruits, but …
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Brownies
Animal-derived
Brownies are a baked confection, typically square or rectangular. They are made from flour, sugar, eggs, and chocolate or cocoa …
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Cane Caramel Color
E150a
Cane caramel color is a dark brown liquid or solid made by heating sugar, typically from sugarcane or corn. The …
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Carrot Juice From Concentrate
Not animal-derived
Carrot juice from concentrate is made by extracting juice from carrots, then removing water to create a concentrated form. This …
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Chicken Flavor Concentrate
Animal-derived
Chicken flavor concentrate is a food ingredient designed to provide the taste of chicken. It is typically made by processing …
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Chocolate Chips Sugar
Animal-derived
Chocolate chips are small, sweetened pieces of chocolate commonly used in baking and desserts. They are typically made from a …
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Citrus Pulp
Not animal-derived
Citrus pulp is the fleshy material found inside citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, and grapefruits. It includes the juice sacs …
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Clarified Lemon Juice Concentrate
Not animal-derived
Clarified lemon juice concentrate is made from lemon juice that has been heated to remove pulp and cloudiness. The juice …
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Concentrated Chicken Stock
Animal-derived
Concentrated chicken stock is made by simmering chicken bones, meat, and vegetables, then cooking the liquid down to a more …
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Consist Of Chocolate
Chocolate is made from the beans of the cacao tree. The beans are fermented, dried, roasted, and ground into a …
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Creamed Coconut
Not animal-derived
Creamed coconut is a thick, unsweetened paste made from the flesh of mature coconuts. The coconut flesh is dried, then …
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Cultured Nonfat Buttermilk
Animal-derived
Cultured nonfat buttermilk is the liquid left over after butter is churned from cream. It is made by adding a …
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Dehydrated Beef Stock
Animal-derived
Dehydrated beef stock is made by simmering beef bones and meat to create a broth, then removing most of the …
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Dehydrated Parsley Flakes
Not animal-derived
Dehydrated parsley flakes are dried and crumbled leaves of the parsley plant (Petroselinum crispum). The drying process removes moisture, concentrating …
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Dry Roasted
Not animal-derived
Dry roasting is a cooking method where food, typically nuts or seeds, is heated in an oven or a specialized …
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Dulse
Not animal-derived
Dulse is a type of red seaweed, also known as Palmaria palmata. It grows wild along the coasts of the …
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Durum Whole Wheat Flour
Not animal-derived
Durum whole wheat flour is a type of flour made from durum wheat, which is a hard wheat variety. Unlike …
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Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil
Not animal-derived
Expeller pressed vegetable oil is a type of cooking oil extracted from plants using a mechanical press, called an expeller. …
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Filling: Chicken
Animal-derived
Chicken is the meat of a domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus). It is a common source of protein and is …
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Flax Seed Oil
Not animal-derived
Flax seed oil is extracted from the seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). The seeds are typically pressed or …
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Four Cheese Blend
Animal-derived
A blend of four different cheeses, typically including cheddar, Monterey Jack, Colby, and Parmesan. The specific cheeses and their proportions …
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Fruit And Vegetable Juices Added
Not animal-derived
This ingredient is derived from the juices of various fruits and vegetables. The specific fruits and vegetables used can vary …
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Fully Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
Not animal-derived
Fully hydrogenated cottonseed oil is a fat made from cottonseed oil. Through a process called full hydrogenation, hydrogen atoms are …
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About Food Ingredients
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