Food Ingredients
Comprehensive information on food ingredients, allergens and food additives
Rice Balls
Not animal-derived
Rice balls are small spheres or dumplings made from cooked rice, often sticky varieties like glutinous rice. They can be …
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Rice Bran Oil Salt
Not animal-derived
Rice bran oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the bran of rice grains. The bran is the outer layer …
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Rice Flour Chickpea Flour
Not animal-derived
Rice flour is made from ground rice, and chickpea flour from ground chickpeas. Both are gluten-free grains/legumes, commonly used as …
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Rice Flour Water
Not animal-derived
Rice flour is a finely ground powder made from white or brown rice. It is produced by milling rice grains, …
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Rice Flower
Not animal-derived
Rice flower is a finely milled powder derived from rice grains. It is produced by grinding dried rice kernels to …
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Rice paper
Not animal-derived
Rice paper is a thin, edible wrapper made from rice flour, tapioca starch, water, and salt. It is a staple …
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Ring Noodles
Ring noodles are a type of pasta, typically made from wheat flour, water, and sometimes eggs. They are formed into …
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Rising Agents
Not animal-derived
Rising agents, also known as leavening agents, are substances that cause doughs and batters to expand by the release of …
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Roast Barley
Not animal-derived
Roast barley is a grain that has been roasted to develop its colour and flavour. It is made by heating …
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Roast Chicken Stock Paste
Animal-derived
Roast chicken stock paste is a concentrated preparation made from roasted chicken bones, meat, and vegetables, simmered to extract flavour. …
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Roast Onion Powder
Not animal-derived
Roast onion powder is made from onions that have been roasted to develop a deeper, sweeter flavour and aroma, then …
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Roasted Chicken Strips
Animal-derived
Roasted chicken strips are pieces of chicken breast or thigh that have been cooked, typically by roasting, and then cut …
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Roasted coffee beans
Not animal-derived
Coffee beans are the seeds of coffee cherries, grown in tropical regions worldwide. Roasting is a heat process that transforms …
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Roasted Garlic Sauce
Roasted garlic sauce is a savoury condiment made by roasting garlic cloves until soft and sweet, then blending them with …
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Roasted nibbed hazelnuts
Not animal-derived
Hazelnuts are the edible nuts of the hazel tree, Corylus avellana. Roasted nibbed hazelnuts are whole hazelnuts that have been …
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Roasted Onion Paste
Not animal-derived
Roasted onion paste is made from onions that have been cooked at high temperatures until caramelised and browned. This process …
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Rooibos Tea
Not animal-derived
Rooibos, also known as red bush tea, is a plant native to South Africa. The leaves of the Aspalathus linearis …
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Roquito Peppers
Not animal-derived
Roquito peppers are small, round, red chilli peppers, often described as having a sweet and fruity flavour with a mild …
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Rspo Approved Palm Oil
Not animal-derived
RSPO approved palm oil is a type of palm oil that has been certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm …
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Rye bread
Not animal-derived
Rye bread is a type of bread made with a significant proportion of rye flour, often mixed with wheat flour. …
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Saccharin
Not animal-derived
Saccharin is a high-intensity artificial sweetener. It is synthesised from chemicals such as toluene or phthalic anhydride, and is around …
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Sago
Not animal-derived
Sago is a starchy substance extracted from the pith of tropical palm trees, most commonly the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu). …
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Salmon Fish
Animal-derived
Salmon is a popular oily fish found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. It is highly valued for …
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Salt Acid
Salt acid is a food additive that acts as an acidity regulator. It is typically produced by reacting an acid …
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Salt Chicken Stock
Animal-derived
Salt chicken stock is a concentrated liquid or powder made from simmering chicken bones, meat, and vegetables, then seasoning with …
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Salt Garlic Puree
Not animal-derived
Salt garlic puree is a food ingredient made from garlic that has been processed and mixed with salt. The salt …
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Salt Rapeseed Oil
Not animal-derived
Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). It is naturally occurring and is extracted from underground salt …
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Salt substitute
Not animal-derived
Salt substitutes are ingredients used to replace the salty taste of sodium chloride (table salt). They are often potassium-based, such …
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Salt Water
Not animal-derived
Salt water is a solution of sodium chloride (salt) in water. It is naturally occurring in seawater and is also …
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Salt Yeast
Not animal-derived
Salt is a mineral compound, primarily sodium chloride (NaCl), found naturally in rock deposits and seawater. It is extracted through …
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Salt Yeast Extract
Not animal-derived
Yeast extract is made by breaking down yeast cells to release their contents. This process concentrates the natural savoury, umami …
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Salt Yeast Malted Wheatflour
Not animal-derived
Salt is a mineral compound, primarily sodium chloride (NaCl), found naturally in seawater and rock deposits. It is extracted through …
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Salted Caramel Flavour Coating
Salted caramel flavour coating is a food ingredient designed to impart the taste and aroma of salted caramel. It is …
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Salted Caramel Ripple
Animal-derived
Salted caramel ripple is a sweet, salty, and slightly bitter sauce or syrup, often with a smooth, viscous texture. It …
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Sambal oelek
Not animal-derived
Sambal oelek is a type of Indonesian chilli paste. It is typically made from fresh red chillies, salt, and vinegar, …
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San Marzano Tomato
Not animal-derived
San Marzano tomatoes are a specific variety of plum tomato, originating from the Sarno plain near Mount Vesuvius in Italy. …
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Sauce Filling
Sauce filling is a broad term for a semi-liquid or viscous mixture used to fill pastries, breads, or other food …
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Sauerkraut juice
Not animal-derived
Sauerkraut juice is the liquid left over after fermenting cabbage with lactic acid bacteria. This process, known as lacto-fermentation, involves …
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Savoiardi Biscuits
Animal-derived
Savoiardi biscuits, also known as ladyfingers, are dry, sweet biscuits originating from Italy. They are typically made from a sponge …
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Schiacciata Salami
Animal-derived
Schiacciata salami is a type of Italian cured sausage, typically made from pork. The name 'schiacciata' refers to the flattened …
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Scottish Porridge Oats
Not animal-derived
Scottish Porridge Oats are whole grains of the oat plant (Avena sativa), grown and processed in Scotland. They are typically …
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Seafood Chunks
Animal-derived
Seafood chunks typically refer to pieces of fish or shellfish, such as prawns, crab, or salmon, that have been processed …
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Seared Red Pepper
Not animal-derived
Seared red pepper is a vegetable that has been exposed to high heat, typically through grilling or pan-searing. This process …
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Seeded Bread
Not animal-derived
Seeded bread is a type of bread that has seeds added to the dough before baking. Common seeds include sesame, …
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Senga Strawberries
Not animal-derived
Senga strawberries are a specific cultivar of the garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa). They were developed in Scotland in the …
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Sheep's-milk cheese
Animal-derived
Sheep's-milk cheese is a dairy product made from the milk of domestic sheep. The milk is typically coagulated using rennet …
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Shitake Mushroom Extract
Not animal-derived
Shiitake mushroom extract is derived from the shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes), a popular edible fungus native to East Asia. The …
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Shrimp flavouring
Animal-derived
Shrimp flavouring is a complex mixture of compounds designed to mimic the taste and aroma of shrimp. It can be …
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Shrimp powder
Animal-derived
Shrimp powder is made from dried, ground shrimp. The shrimp are typically cooked, then dehydrated and milled into a fine …
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Siberian Ginseng Root
Not animal-derived
Siberian ginseng root (Eleutherococcus senticosus) is a woody shrub native to north-eastern Asia. The root is harvested and typically dried, …
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