Food Ingredients
Comprehensive information on food ingredients, allergens and food additives
Fish Extract
Animal-derived
Fish extract is a flavoring ingredient made from fish, often anchovies. It is typically produced by simmering fish in water, …
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Fish Stock
Animal-derived
Fish stock is a liquid made by simmering fish bones, heads, and sometimes fish carcasses in water. It may also …
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Fully Cooked Bacon Topping
Animal-derived
Fully cooked bacon topping is made from pork that has been cured, smoked, and cooked. It is then typically diced …
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Garlic Granules
Not animal-derived
Garlic granules are dried, ground pieces of garlic. They are made by dehydrating fresh garlic and then grinding it into …
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Imitation Bacon Bits
Not animal-derived
Imitation bacon bits are a savory food product designed to mimic the taste and texture of real bacon. They are …
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Instant Tea Powder
Not animal-derived
Instant tea powder is made from brewed tea leaves that have been dehydrated. The process typically involves brewing concentrated tea, …
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L-methionine
L-methionine is an essential amino acid, meaning the body cannot make it and it must be obtained from food. It …
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Lime Concentrate
Not animal-derived
Lime concentrate is made from the juice of limes, a citrus fruit. The juice is concentrated by removing water, which …
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Maltodextrin And Xanthan Gum
Not animal-derived
Maltodextrin is a polysaccharide made from starch, often corn or wheat. It is produced by partial hydrolysis of starch, breaking …
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May Contain: Soy
Not animal-derived
Soy is a legume native to East Asia. It is a common source of vegetable oil and protein. Soybeans are …
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Modified Food Starches
Modified food starches are starches that have been altered physically or chemically to improve their performance in food products. They …
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Mustard Extract
Not animal-derived
Mustard extract is a concentrated flavoring derived from mustard seeds. The seeds are typically ground and then extracted using a …
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Natural And Artificial Flavour
Natural and artificial flavors are substances added to food to impart or enhance taste and aroma. Natural flavors are derived …
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Organic Blue Agave Nectar
Not animal-derived
Organic blue agave nectar is a sweetener derived from the blue agave plant, native to Mexico. The plant's sap is …
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Organic Butter Flavor
Animal-derived
Organic butter flavor is a flavoring agent that mimics the taste and aroma of butter. It is typically made from …
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Organic Cranberry Juice
Not animal-derived
Organic cranberry juice comes from cranberries, a tart fruit native to North America. The juice is extracted from the whole …
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Organic Crushed Red Pepper
Not animal-derived
Organic crushed red pepper is dried and flaked pieces of ripe red chili peppers, grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. …
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Organic Diced Tomatoes In Juice
Not animal-derived
Tomatoes that are grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, then chopped and packed in their own juice. Tomatoes are fruits, …
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Organic Feta Cheese
Animal-derived
Organic feta cheese is a brined curd white cheese made from sheep's milk, or from a mixture of sheep and …
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Organic Hibiscus
Not animal-derived
Hibiscus is a flower from the *Hibiscus sabdariffa* plant, native to Africa. The dried calyces (sepals) of the flower are …
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Organic Sour Cream
Animal-derived
Organic sour cream is a dairy product made by fermenting regular pasteurized cream with lactic acid bacteria. This process gives …
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Organic Sunflower Kernels
Not animal-derived
Sunflower kernels are the seeds of the sunflower plant, removed from their shells. They are typically harvested, dried, and then …
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Organic Sunflower Oil Organic Safflower Oil
Not animal-derived
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the sunflower plant. Safflower oil comes from the seeds …
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Palm Margarine
Not animal-derived
Palm margarine is a butter substitute made primarily from palm oil. It is a solid fat at room temperature, often …
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Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed And Soybean Oil
Not animal-derived
Partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oil is a type of fat made from cottonseed and soybean oils. These liquid vegetable …
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Pasta: Enriched Durum Wheat Semolina
Not animal-derived
Enriched durum wheat semolina is a coarse flour made from durum wheat, a hard variety of wheat. It's the primary …
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Pea Crisps
Not animal-derived
Pea crisps are small, crunchy pieces made from dried peas. They are typically produced by puffing or extruding pea flour …
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Plum Tomatoes
Not animal-derived
Plum tomatoes, also known as Roma or Italian tomatoes, are a variety of tomato characterized by their oblong shape and …
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Purified Water And Natural Flavors
Purified water is water that has been treated to remove impurities. Natural flavors are flavoring substances derived from natural sources, …
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Quillaja Extract
E321
Not animal-derived
Quillaja extract is made from the soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria), native to South America. The bark is harvested, dried, and …
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Red No. 40 Lake
E129
Not animal-derived
Red No. 40 Lake is a synthetic red color additive. It is made by combining the dye Red No. 40 …
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Rice Crackers
Not animal-derived
Rice crackers are a crunchy snack made from cooked rice, typically short-grain rice like japonica. The rice is usually seasoned, …
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Saccharin
Not animal-derived
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener, about 200 to 700 times sweeter than table sugar. It was discovered in 1879 and …
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Sesame Seeds Added
Not animal-derived
Sesame seeds are tiny, flat seeds that grow in pods on the Sesamum indicum plant. They are harvested and then …
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Skinless
Animal-derived
Skinless refers to meat, most commonly chicken or turkey, that has had its skin removed. The skin is typically removed …
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Sorbic Acid And Calcium Disodium EDTA As Preservatives
Not animal-derived
Sorbic acid is a naturally occurring organic compound, often produced industrially through chemical synthesis. Calcium disodium EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) is …
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Sundried Tomato
Not animal-derived
Sun-dried tomatoes are tomatoes that have had most of their water content removed through drying, either naturally by the sun …
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Sunflower Walnut Oils
Not animal-derived
Sunflower walnut oil is a blend of oils extracted from sunflower seeds and walnuts. These oils are typically produced through …
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To Preserve Quality
Not animal-derived
Sodium nitrite is a white to slightly yellowish crystalline powder. It is an inorganic salt that is synthetically produced. It …
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Air-popped Popcorn
Not animal-derived
Air-popped popcorn is a snack food made from corn kernels. It is prepared by heating whole corn kernels with hot …
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Ancho Pepper
Not animal-derived
Ancho peppers are dried poblano peppers. The poblano pepper is a mild chili pepper native to Mexico. When dried, the …
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Aroma
Aroma is a broad term used to describe any substance that gives food a particular smell or taste. These can …
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Bagel
A bagel is a type of bread product, traditionally shaped into a ring. It is made from a yeasted wheat …
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Biscuit
A biscuit is a small, usually round, baked good made from flour, fat, and liquid. It is typically leavened with …
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Capric/caprylic Triglycerides
Not animal-derived
Capric/caprylic triglycerides are a specific mixture of fatty acids derived from coconut oil or palm kernel oil. These fatty acids …
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Caramel Bits
Animal-derived
Caramel bits are small, chewy pieces of caramel candy. They are made by heating sugars, often with milk and butter, …
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Caramel: Corn Syrup
Not animal-derived
Corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from the starch of corn. The starch is broken down into simpler sugars, …
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Cherry Juice Powder
Not animal-derived
Cherry juice powder is made from the juice of cherries that has been dried into a powder. This process concentrates …
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Chocolate Cookies
Chocolate cookies are a baked good made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, with cocoa or chocolate added for flavor …
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Chromium Picolinate
Not animal-derived
Chromium picolinate is a chemical compound that combines chromium, an essential trace mineral, with picolinic acid, an organic compound. It …
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