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Ingredients you need to list on food labels

For safety purposes and to cater for known food allergies, the EU Commission requires the presence of some foods to be clearly indicated on the label of pre-packed foods, even when present in very small amounts.

Find out what these ingredients are.

  • Celery
  • Cereals containing gluten (i.e. wheat, oats, or their hybrids)
  • Eggs
  • Fish
  • Lupin (a kind of legume belonging to the Fabaceae family)
  • Milk
  • Molluscs
  • Mustard
  • Peanuts
  • Sesame seeds
  • Shellfish
  • Soy
  • Sulphur dioxide (used as antioxidant and preservative, e.g. in dried fruits, wine, processed potatoes)
  • Tree nuts
  • Sulphite (all concentrations above 10mg/kg need to be listed)

 

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