Food Ingredients
Comprehensive information on food ingredients, allergens and food additives
Tapioca
Not animal-derived
Tapioca is a starch extracted from the cassava root, a tropical root vegetable native to South America. The cassava root …
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Bananas
Not animal-derived
Bananas are a popular fruit that grow on large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. They are typically elongated …
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Modified Wheat Starch
Not animal-derived
Modified wheat starch is a type of starch that has been altered physically or chemically to change its properties. It …
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Reduced Fat Milk
Animal-derived
Reduced-fat milk is cow's milk from which some of the milk fat has been removed. It typically contains 2% milk …
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Cornmeal
Not animal-derived
Cornmeal is a coarse flour made from dried corn kernels. It is produced by grinding dried corn, and can be …
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Allspice
Not animal-derived
Allspice is the dried unripe fruit of the *Pimenta dioica* tree, native to the Caribbean. The berries are harvested when …
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Mineral Oil
Not animal-derived
Mineral oil is a byproduct of the petroleum refining process. It is a clear, odorless, and tasteless liquid that is …
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Seasoning Blend
A seasoning blend is a mixture of dried herbs, spices, salt, and sometimes other flavor enhancers like MSG or sugar. …
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Chili
Not animal-derived
Chili refers to the dried, ground pods of various species of the Capsicum genus of plants. These plants are native …
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Calcium Peroxide
Not animal-derived
Calcium peroxide is a chemical compound made from calcium and oxygen. It is typically manufactured by reacting calcium hydroxide with …
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Anticaking Agent
Not animal-derived
Anticaking agents are substances added to powdered or granulated foods to prevent clumping. They work by absorbing moisture or coating …
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Organic Whole Wheat Flour
Not animal-derived
Organic whole wheat flour is made from the entire wheat kernel, including the bran, germ, and endosperm. It is produced …
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Maltitol Syrup
Not animal-derived
Maltitol syrup is a sugar alcohol produced from maltose, which is a sugar found in starch. It is made by …
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Yellow 5 & 6
E102 (Yellow 5), E110 (Yellow 6)
Not animal-derived
Yellow 5 (also known as Tartrazine) and Yellow 6 (also known as Sunset Yellow FCF) are synthetic food dyes. They …
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Semi Sweet Chocolate
Not animal-derived
Semi-sweet chocolate is a type of dark chocolate that contains a significant amount of cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar. …
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Pretzels
Pretzels are a type of baked snack food, typically made from a dough of wheat flour, water, yeast, and salt. …
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Xylitol
Not animal-derived
Xylitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in small amounts in many fruits and vegetables. It is commercially produced …
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Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour
Not animal-derived
Enriched unbleached wheat flour is made from wheat that has not been bleached with chemicals. It is enriched with added …
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Ethyl Alcohol
Not animal-derived
Ethyl alcohol, also known as ethanol, is a clear, colorless liquid with a characteristic odor. It is produced through the …
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Carmine
E120
Animal-derived
Carmine is a vibrant red pigment derived from cochineal insects (Dactylopius coccus). The insects are dried, crushed, and then processed …
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Organic Tomato Puree
Not animal-derived
Organic tomato puree is made from ripe, whole organic tomatoes that have been washed, sorted, and then pureed. The puree …
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Chicken Breast
Animal-derived
Chicken breast is the meat from the chest of a chicken. It is a lean, white meat that is a …
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Xanthan
E415
Not animal-derived
Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide, a type of complex carbohydrate. It is produced by the fermentation of sugar by a …
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Glucose-fructose Syrup
Not animal-derived
Glucose-fructose syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch. The corn starch is broken down into glucose, which is …
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Sodium Selenite
Not animal-derived
Sodium selenite is a white, crystalline powder. It is the sodium salt of selenous acid, a form of selenium. It …
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Acacia
E414
Not animal-derived
Acacia gum, also known as gum arabic, is a natural gum made from the hardened sap of acacia trees. The …
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Coconut Cream
Not animal-derived
Coconut cream is a thick, rich liquid made from the white meat of mature coconuts. It is produced by grating …
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Glycerol
E422
Glycerol, also known as glycerin, is a simple sugar alcohol. It is a clear, colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is …
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Interesterified Soybean Oil
Not animal-derived
Interesterified soybean oil is a type of vegetable oil made from soybeans. It is produced by a process called interesterification, …
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Bifidus
Bifidus is a type of beneficial bacteria, often referring to strains of *Bifidobacterium* species. These bacteria are naturally found in …
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Propyl Gallate
E310
Propyl gallate is a synthetic antioxidant. It is made by reacting gallic acid, a compound found in plants like gallnuts, …
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Turbinado Sugar
Not animal-derived
Turbinado sugar is a type of raw cane sugar. It is made by crushing sugarcane to extract the juice, which …
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Alum
Not animal-derived
Alum is a group of aluminum-containing salts, most commonly potassium aluminum sulfate. It is found naturally in mineral deposits and …
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Asiago Cheese
Animal-derived
Asiago cheese is a firm, Italian cow's milk cheese. It originated in the Veneto region of Italy. It is made …
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From Corn
Not animal-derived
Corn is a grain crop grown widely in the United States. Ingredients derived from corn can include corn starch, corn …
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Invertase
Not animal-derived
Invertase is an enzyme that breaks down sucrose (table sugar) into two simpler sugars: glucose and fructose. It is naturally …
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Pistachios
Not animal-derived
Pistachios are the edible seeds of the pistachio tree, native to Central Asia and the Middle East. They are typically …
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Adipic Acid
Not animal-derived
Adipic acid is a white crystalline powder. It is a man-made chemical that is often produced from petroleum-based feedstocks. It …
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Agar-agar
E406
Not animal-derived
Agar-agar is a jelly-like substance derived from red algae. It is processed from the cell walls of certain seaweeds, typically …
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Concentrated Lemon Juice
Not animal-derived
Concentrated lemon juice is made by removing water from lemon juice. This process intensifies the flavor and aroma of the …
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Ginger Puree
Not animal-derived
Ginger puree is made from the root of the ginger plant, a flowering perennial native to Southeast Asia. The root …
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Red Cabbage
Not animal-derived
Red cabbage, also known as purple cabbage, is a variety of cabbage with dark purple outer leaves. It is a …
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Chicken Flavor
Chicken flavor is a substance that gives food a taste like chicken. It can be made from real chicken, chicken …
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Non Fat Milk
Animal-derived
Nonfat dry milk is made by removing water from pasteurized skim milk. It is a dairy product that contains protein, …
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Organic Almonds
Not animal-derived
Almonds are the edible seeds of the almond tree, native to the Middle East and South Asia. They are typically …
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Taurine
Not animal-derived
Taurine is an amino sulfonic acid, a building block for proteins. It is naturally found in the body, in some …
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Sodium Nitrate
E251
Not animal-derived
Sodium nitrate is a white crystalline salt that occurs naturally in some vegetables. It is produced industrially by reacting sodium …
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Wheat Protein Isolate
Not animal-derived
Wheat protein isolate is a concentrated form of protein derived from wheat. It is made by removing most of the …
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Chocolate Processed With Alkali
Not animal-derived
Chocolate processed with alkali, also known as Dutch-process cocoa, is made by treating cocoa beans or cocoa powder with an …
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Organic Corn Starch
Not animal-derived
Organic corn starch is a fine, white powder made from the endosperm of organic corn kernels. It is produced by …
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About Food Ingredients
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