Food Ingredients
Comprehensive information on food ingredients, allergens and food additives
Batter
Batter is a liquid or semi-liquid mixture, typically made from flour, water or milk, and often eggs. It is used …
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Cooked Italian Sausage
Animal-derived
Cooked Italian sausage is a type of sausage made primarily from ground pork, seasoned with spices such as fennel or …
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Dried Tomato
Not animal-derived
Dried tomato is made from ripe tomatoes that have had most of their water removed through sun-drying or dehydration. This …
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Fruit
Not animal-derived
Fruits are the sweet, fleshy, edible part of a plant that contains seeds. They grow on trees, bushes, or vines …
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Vegetable Glycerine
E422
Vegetable glycerine, also known as glycerol, is a clear, colorless, odorless liquid. It is a sugar alcohol derived from plant …
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Organic Unbleached Wheat Flour
Not animal-derived
Organic unbleached wheat flour is made from wheat grains that have not been bleached with chemicals. The 'organic' label means …
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Trisodium Citrate
E331(iii)
Not animal-derived
Trisodium citrate is a common food additive that is the sodium salt of citric acid. It is produced commercially by …
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Copper Sulfate
Not animal-derived
Copper sulfate is an inorganic salt that appears as blue crystals. It is produced by reacting copper metal or copper …
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Dehydrated Butter
Animal-derived
Dehydrated butter is butter that has had most of its water removed. It is made by drying butter, often through …
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Himalayan Salt
Not animal-derived
Himalayan salt is a type of rock salt, mined from the Punjab region of Pakistan, near the Himalayas. It is …
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Lobster
Animal-derived
Lobster is a marine crustacean with a segmented body, a hard exoskeleton, and five pairs of legs, the first of …
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Sodium Pyrophosphate
E450(iii)
Not animal-derived
Sodium pyrophosphate is a salt made from phosphoric acid. It is a white powder that dissolves in water. It is …
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EDTA
Not animal-derived
EDTA, or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, is a synthetic compound. It is produced industrially through chemical synthesis.
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Calcium Ascorbate
E302
Not animal-derived
Calcium ascorbate is a mineral salt of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). It is produced by reacting ascorbic acid with a …
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Egg Albumen
Animal-derived
Egg albumen is the clear liquid part of an egg, commonly known as egg white. It is primarily composed of …
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One Or More Of The Following: Corn
Not animal-derived
Corn is a grain that grows on stalks. It is a staple food crop grown worldwide. The kernels can be …
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Organic Cranberries
Not animal-derived
Organic cranberries are a type of tart, red berry grown in bogs. They are typically harvested in the fall and …
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Serrano Peppers
Not animal-derived
Serrano peppers are a type of chili pepper that originated in the mountains of Mexico. They are related to the …
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Artichokes
Not animal-derived
Artichokes are the immature flower buds of a thistle-like plant, native to the Mediterranean region. The edible portion is the …
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Curry Powder
Not animal-derived
Curry powder is a blend of ground spices, originating from the Indian subcontinent. The exact ingredients vary by region and …
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Dill Weed
Not animal-derived
Dill weed is the dried leaves of the dill plant (Anethum graveolens), an herb native to the Mediterranean and Western …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
Not animal-derived
Partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils are fats that have undergone a process called partial hydrogenation. This process adds hydrogen …
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And Yellow 5
E102
Not animal-derived
Yellow 5, also known as Tartrazine, is a synthetic yellow dye. It is made from petroleum.
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Diced Pears
Not animal-derived
Diced pears are pieces of the fruit Pyrus communis, commonly known as the European pear. Pears are typically grown in …
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Locust Bean
E410
Not animal-derived
Locust bean gum is a thickening and stabilizing agent derived from the seeds of the carob tree, native to the …
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Sodium Selenate
Not animal-derived
Sodium selenate is a salt form of selenium, an essential mineral. It is typically produced industrially through chemical synthesis. Selenium …
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To Protect Freshness
E300
Not animal-derived
Ascorbic acid is a vitamin (Vitamin C) that occurs naturally in many fruits and vegetables. It is often produced commercially …
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Unbleached Flour
Not animal-derived
Unbleached flour is made from wheat that has not been treated with bleaching agents after milling. The natural aging process, …
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Baby Spinach
Not animal-derived
Baby spinach refers to the young leaves of the spinach plant (Spinacia oleracea) harvested early in its growth cycle. It …
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Fenugreek
Not animal-derived
Fenugreek is a plant in the pea family, native to the Mediterranean region and India. Its seeds and leaves are …
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Fresh Basil
Not animal-derived
Fresh basil is an aromatic herb native to tropical regions of the world. It is a leafy green plant belonging …
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Pork Fat
Animal-derived
Pork fat, also known as lard, is the rendered fat from pigs. It is typically made by heating pork fat …
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Pumpkin Puree
Not animal-derived
Pumpkin puree is a smooth, thick liquid made from cooked, mashed pumpkins or other winter squash. It is typically made …
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Red Pepper Flakes
Not animal-derived
Red pepper flakes are dried and crushed pieces of various types of red chili peppers, such as cayenne, jalapeño, or …
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Skim Milk Solids
Animal-derived
Skim milk solids, also known as nonfat dry milk, are made by removing water from pasteurized skim milk. The process …
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Celery Extract
Not animal-derived
Celery extract is derived from the celery plant. It is typically made by extracting compounds from celery seeds or stalks …
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Coconut Flour
Not animal-derived
Coconut flour is a gluten-free flour made from dried, ground coconut meat. After coconut milk or oil is extracted from …
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Dried
Dried is a process, not an ingredient itself. It involves removing water from food, which can be done through air …
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Jalapeo Peppers
Not animal-derived
Jalapeño peppers are a medium-sized chili pepper variety of the *Capsicum annuum* plant. They are typically harvested when green, though …
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Dehydrated Tomato
Not animal-derived
Dehydrated tomato is made by removing water from fresh tomatoes, concentrating their flavor and nutrients. This process can be done …
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Ground Ginger
Not animal-derived
Ground ginger is made from the dried rhizome (underground stem) of the ginger plant, Zingiber officinale. The rhizome is cleaned, …
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Unbleached
Not animal-derived
Unbleached flour is made from wheat that has not been treated with chemical bleaching agents. The natural color of wheat …
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Vitamin K1
Not animal-derived
Vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone, is a fat-soluble vitamin naturally found in leafy green vegetables like spinach, kale, and …
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White Corn Flour
Not animal-derived
White corn flour is a finely ground powder made from dried white corn kernels. The milling process removes the hull …
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Beer
Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grains, most commonly barley. Water, hops, and yeast are added to the …
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D-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
Not animal-derived
D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate is a synthetic form of vitamin E, a fat-soluble nutrient. It is made by chemically modifying alpha-tocopherol, which …
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Dried Bell Pepper
Not animal-derived
Dried bell pepper is made from mature bell peppers that have had most of their water removed through drying. This …
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Liquid Soybean Oil
Not animal-derived
Liquid soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from soybeans. It is a common cooking oil and a key ingredient …
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Pine Nuts
Not animal-derived
Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pine trees, harvested from the cones of various pine species. They are small, …
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Rosemary Extract For Freshness
Not animal-derived
Rosemary extract is a natural antioxidant derived from the leaves of the rosemary plant (Rosmarinus officinalis). It is typically produced …
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About Food Ingredients
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