Food Ingredients
Comprehensive information on food ingredients, allergens and food additives
Butter Toffee Peanuts
Animal-derived
Butter toffee peanuts are peanuts coated in a hard candy shell made from sugar, butter, and often other flavorings like …
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Cake Base
Cake base is a pre-made mix that contains the dry ingredients needed to bake a cake. It typically includes flour, …
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Cookie
A cookie is a small, flat, baked treat, typically made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat. Recipes vary widely, often …
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Fava Bean Protein
Not animal-derived
Fava bean protein is a plant-based protein derived from fava beans, also known as broad beans. The beans are processed …
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Licorice Root
Not animal-derived
Licorice root comes from the perennial herb Glycyrrhiza glabra, native to parts of Europe and Asia. The root and underground …
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Meringue Making Powder
Animal-derived
Meringue powder is a common baking ingredient used to stabilize and improve meringues and icings. It is typically made from …
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Natural Vanilla Flavor With Other Natural Flavors
Not animal-derived
This ingredient is a flavoring agent made from natural sources, such as vanilla beans, and may include other natural flavorings …
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Or Sunflower
Not animal-derived
Sunflower oil is a non-volatile oil pressed from the seeds of the sunflower (Helianthus annuus). The oil is commonly used …
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Organic Cocoa Liquor
Not animal-derived
Organic cocoa liquor is the pure, unsweetened chocolate base made from roasted cocoa beans. The beans are ground into a …
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Organic Gluten-free Oats
Not animal-derived
Oats are a whole grain grown for their nutritious seed. Organic gluten-free oats are grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers …
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Raspberry Powder
Not animal-derived
Raspberry powder is made from dried raspberries that have been ground into a fine powder. The drying process, often freeze-drying …
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Soluble Wheat Fiber
Not animal-derived
Soluble wheat fiber is a type of dietary fiber derived from wheat. It is produced by processing wheat to isolate …
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Wafer
A wafer is a crisp, thin, dry cookie or biscuit. It is typically made from flour, sugar, and water or …
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Candelilla Wax
Not animal-derived
Candelilla wax is a plant-based wax harvested from the leaves of the candelilla shrub, native to northern Mexico and the …
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Canola And Carnauba Leaf Wax
Not animal-derived
Canola is a type of oil derived from rapeseed, bred to have lower erucic acid. Carnauba leaf wax comes from …
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Cheddar Cheese Flavor
Cheddar cheese flavor is a flavoring agent designed to mimic the taste of cheddar cheese. It can be made from …
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Chile
Not animal-derived
Chiles are the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum. They originated in the Americas and are now grown worldwide. …
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Crackermeal
Not animal-derived
Crackermeal is a coarse flour made from dried crackers, typically unsalted ones. The crackers are ground into fine crumbs or …
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Degermed Yellow Cornmeal
Not animal-derived
Degermed yellow cornmeal is made from the ground endosperm of yellow corn kernels. The germ, which contains oil and nutrients, …
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Enriched Long Grain Parboiled Rice
Not animal-derived
Enriched long grain parboiled rice is a type of rice that has been processed to improve its nutritional value and …
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Ghee
Animal-derived
Ghee is a type of clarified butter, meaning the milk solids and water have been removed. It is made by …
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High Maltose Corn Syrup
Not animal-derived
High maltose corn syrup is a type of corn syrup that has a higher concentration of maltose, a sugar made …
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Magnesium
Not animal-derived
Magnesium is a mineral naturally found in the earth, sea, and body. It is an essential nutrient for human health, …
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Malt Barley Flour
Not animal-derived
Malt barley flour is made from barley grains that have been germinated (malted) and then dried and ground into a …
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Sweet Chocolate
Animal-derived
Sweet chocolate is a type of chocolate made with sugar, cocoa solids, and cocoa butter. It is typically less bitter …
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Vitamin B-5
Vitamin B-5, also known as pantothenic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that is essential for human health. It is found …
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Whole Egg Powder
Animal-derived
Whole egg powder is made by drying whole eggs. The process removes water, creating a shelf-stable powder that retains the …
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And Calcium Propionate And Sorbic Acid
Not animal-derived
Calcium propionate is a salt of propionic acid, a naturally occurring fatty acid. It is produced industrially by reacting propionic …
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Annatto And Turmeric Color
Not animal-derived
Annatto and turmeric are natural colorants derived from plants. Annatto comes from the seeds of the achiote tree, and turmeric …
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Cane Sugar Syrup
Not animal-derived
Cane sugar syrup is a liquid sweetener made from sugarcane. It is produced by extracting juice from sugarcane stalks, which …
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Carmel Color
E150a, E150b, E150c, E150d
Not animal-derived
Caramel color is a food coloring made by heating sugars, typically with acids, alkalis, or sulfites. Depending on the process …
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Cookie Pieces
Cookie pieces are small, broken pieces of cookies. They are typically made from flour, sugar, fat, and flavorings, baked, and …
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Dehydrated Roasted Garlic
Not animal-derived
Dehydrated roasted garlic is made from garlic cloves that have been roasted and then dried. Roasting brings out a sweeter, …
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Ground Mustard Seed
Not animal-derived
Ground mustard seed is made from the dried seeds of mustard plants, which are ground into a powder. The seeds …
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Ground Pork
Animal-derived
Ground pork is pork that has been coarsely or finely ground. It is made from pork, which is the meat …
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Hydrogenated Palm Kernel
Not animal-derived
Hydrogenated palm kernel oil is a type of fat made from palm kernel oil. Palm kernel oil comes from the …
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Koji Spores
Not animal-derived
Koji spores are the reproductive cells of a fungus, typically *Aspergillus oryzae*. This fungus is cultivated on grains like rice …
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Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oils
Not animal-derived
Modified palm and palm kernel oils are vegetable oils that have been physically or chemically altered to change their melting …
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Organic Carrot Puree
Not animal-derived
Organic carrot puree is made from carrots grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. The carrots are washed, cooked, and then …
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Organic Sunflower Organic Safflower Oil
Not animal-derived
Organic sunflower oil and organic safflower oil are vegetable oils extracted from the seeds of the sunflower and safflower plants, …
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Parboiled Long Grain Rice
Not animal-derived
Parboiled long grain rice is a type of rice that has been partially boiled in the husk. This process helps …
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Pea Flour
Not animal-derived
Pea flour is made from dried, ground peas. It is a gluten-free flour that can be used as a substitute …
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Peppermint Extract
Not animal-derived
Peppermint extract is a flavoring made from the leaves of the peppermint plant (Mentha piperita). The plant is a hybrid …
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Pomegranate Juice
Not animal-derived
Pomegranate juice is the liquid extracted from the seeds and pulp of the pomegranate fruit. The fruit is native to …
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Refined Soybean Oil
Not animal-derived
Refined soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. The oil is then refined, …
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Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate Added To Maintain Color
E450
Not animal-derived
Sodium acid pyrophosphate is a white, crystalline powder that is a salt of pyrophosphoric acid. It is produced by heating …
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Soluble Vegetable Fiber
Not animal-derived
Soluble vegetable fiber is a type of dietary fiber that dissolves in water to form a gel. It is typically …
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Spelt
Not animal-derived
Spelt is an ancient grain, a type of wheat that has been cultivated for thousands of years. It has a …
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The Following
The Following is a brand name for a blend of spices and flavorings. It is typically made from a mixture …
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Water & Salt
Not animal-derived
Water is a clear, odorless, tasteless liquid essential for life. It is sourced from natural bodies like rivers, lakes, and …
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About Food Ingredients
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