Alcohol |
A colourless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars and is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel. |
Almond |
An edible nut, oval in shape with a woody shell. Often used in cooking / baking |
Apples (Cooked) |
A fruit – numerous different species. Colours are usually green and red. |
Apples (Raw) |
A fruit – numerous different species. Colours are usually green and red. |
Apricots (Raw) |
A stone fruit, usually orange in colour. A great source of Vitamin A |
Artichoke (Cooked) |
A variety of thistle, cultivated for eating |
Artichoke (Raw) |
A variety of thistle, cultivated for eating |
Asparagus |
Eaten as a vegetable. Also known as Garden asparagus. |
Avocado (Raw) |
A pear shaped fruit, with rough and oily skin. Often eaten in salads and cooking. |
Barley |
A major cultivated cereal grain. Often in beer. |
Beans (broad) |
Small, flat beans. Green in colour, also called fava beans |
Beans (green) |
Long, thin green in colour. |
Beef |
The flesh of a cow, bull or ox. |
Beer |
An alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavoured with hops |
Beets (beetroot) |
A dark red, rounded vegetable |
Bilberries (Cooked) |
Very small, almost black berries. |
Bilberries (Raw) |
Very small, almost black berries. |
Blackberries (Cooked) |
Edible soft fruit. Often purple-black |
Blueberry |
A small sweet fruit. Often blue or black in colour. |
Brazil nut |
A large, three-sided South American nut |
Bread, white bread |
Bread made with white wheat flour. |
Broad bean |
Large, flat edible green bean. Eaten without the pod. |
Brussels sprout |
Small, compact bud of the cabbage family. Eaten as a vegetable. |
Buckwheat |
Derived from the seeds of a flowering plant. Does not contain gluten |
Butter |
A dairy product, made with the natural fat found in milk (milk fat) |
Butter (salted) |
Butter that has added salt |
Buttermilk |
Buttermilk is the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cream. |
Cabbage (cooked) |
Cabbage or headed cabbage is a leafy green or purple biennial plant, grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads |
Cashew nut |
Edible kidney shaped nut. Rich in oil and protein |
Cauliflower (cooked) |
The flower head of the cauliflower eaten as a vegetable |
Cauliflower (Raw) |
Edible variety of cabbage. Large white head and green leaves |
Cheese |
Cheese is a food derived from milk that is produced in a wide range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. |
Chestnut |
Edible, hard brown nut. Often roasted before eating. |
Chicken |
Most common type of poultry. |
Cocoa |
Cocoa powder made into a hot drink. |
Coconut |
Large seed with edible flesh. Used in cooking/ juices/ flavourings. |
Cod |
A large edible marine fish. |
Cola |
A brown carbonated drink that is flavoured with an extract of cola nuts, or with a similar flavouring. |
Cornflakes |
A breakfast cereal made with toasted flakes of corn. |
Cow’s milk |
Milk obtained from dairy cows. |
Cranberries |
Very small, red coloured fruit. |
Cream |
Cream is a dairy product composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk. |
Cress |
Fast growing, edible herb |
Duck |
A water bird, known for its short legs and webbed feet. |
Eel |
Edible slender fish. |
Fig |
Fresh or dried – soft, sweet dark fruit |
Ginger |
Hot, fragrant spice. Used as a flavouring mainly but can be found chopped, powdered, preserved or candied. |
Gluten |
Gluten. Present in wheat and rye. |
Goat |
A domesticated animal. The flesh of this animal can be eaten. |
Goat’s milk |
Milk from the animal. |
Goose |
A species of duck. The meat of the bird is widely eaten. |
Gooseberries (Chinese) |
Also known as kiwi fruit |
Gooseberries (cooked) |
Small and firm but sometimes ribbed and translucent, gooseberries are a unique little plant-based food growing on relatively small, thorny bushes |
Grapefruit (Pink) |
Large, round citrus fruit with edible flesh. |
Grapes (red) |
This includes items made with grapes – i.e. wine. |
Grapes (white) |
This includes items made with grapes – i.e. wine. |
Halibut |
Northern marine fish, eaten worldwide. |
Hazelnuts |
Small, brown edible nut from the hazel tree. |
Herring (red) |
A dried smoked herring, which is turned red by the smoke. |
Honeydew melon |
Popular variety of melon with yellow skin and edible, white flesh. |
Horse radish |
Root vegetable used as a spice, most commonly used as a sauce |
Lettuce |
Cultivated plant eaten in salads mostly. This includes all varieties of lettuce. |
Maize |
This is corn. It is used in products such as; corn flakes, polenta, tortillas. |
Maize flour |
Maize flour is the entire corn kernel milled into flour |
Milk |
Milk is a pale liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals |
Milk lactose |
This indicates intolerance to lactose found within dairy milk. |
Millet |
Cereal mostly used to make flour. |
Mustard |
Hot tasting yellow paste. Eaten and used in cooking. |
Mustard (green) |
Dark leafy green vegetable. |
Noodles |
Made from unleavened dough which is stretched, extruded, or rolled flat. This item is referring to ramen type noodles (found in ready to go noodles – Pot noodles, supernoodles) |
Nutmeg |
A very common spice, related to mace |
Oats (porridge) |
Also known as Oatmeal in the United States. Commonly eaten for breakfast. |
Okra |
A vegetable also known as ladies fingers. Part of the mallow family. |
Olives (green) |
Small, edible fruit. Used for oils and in cooking. |
Onion (Raw) |
Pungent vegetable, can be eaten raw. Very commonly used in cooking. |
Paprika |
Red powdered spice used in cooking. |
Parsley |
Plant used as a cooking herb or garnish for food. |
Peaches (raw) |
Round stone fruit with juicy flesh |
Peanuts |
Very commonly eaten nut. Eaten raw, also used in cooking. |
Pears |
A sweet fruit. |
Pecan nuts |
Edible, smooth brown nut from the pecan tree. |
Pepper (green) |
The pepper – green in colour. Often used to flavour cooking |
Pepper (red) |
The pepper – red in colour – often used to flavour cooking. |
Pineapples |
Large, juicy fruit with hard skin and edible yellow flesh. |
Plantain (Plantago major) |
Common plant. Known for its broad, shell shaped leaf. |
Pork |
Flesh of a pig. |
Prunes (cooked) |
A prune is a dried plum. |
Quince |
Similar to the pear in appearance, usually golden-yellow when mature. |
Raspberries (raw) |
An edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish-pink drupelets. |
Rice |
Small white or brown grains |
Rye |
A grass grown extensively as a grain, foods containing rye, include bread and crackers |
Sage |
Aromatic herb used in cooking. |
Salmon |
Large, usually pink fish. Very popular food. |
Sesame seed |
Oil rich seeds from the sesame plant. |
Sheep’s milk |
Milk from the Sheep. |
Shellfish |
Some crustaceans commonly eaten are shrimp, lobsters, crayfish, and crabs |
Shrimps |
A small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently of commercial importance as food. |
Soya |
Includes all products made with the soya bean. |
Spelt |
A type of wheat, also known as dinkel wheat. |
Strawberries (Raw) |
Edible, sweet fruit. Red with seed studded skin. |
Tea (Black) |
This is normal ‘Tetley’ type tea and it does include tea with milk in. |
Tea (green) |
Green tea is a type of tea that is made from Camellia sinensis leaves that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process used to make oolong and black tea. |
Turkey, hen |
Flesh from the bird. |
Walnuts |
Edible seed eaten raw or used in cooking / baking. |
Watercress |
A salad leaf |
Wheat |
A cereal grain. |
Wheat flour |
Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of wheat. |
Whisky |
A spirit distilled from malted grain, especially barley or rye. |
Whitefish |
Common name for several species of fish – including cod, haddock, hake and pollock. |
E 100 Curcumin |
Food colour, whose colour ranges from yellow to red, depending on pH (acidity). |
E 101 Riboflavin (Vit. B2) |
Yellow food colouring. Used in various products. |
E 102 Tartrazine |
Yellow food colouring. |
E 104 Quinoline yellow |
A synthetic ‘coal tar’ dye varying in colour between a dull yellow and greenish-yellow. Found in ices, scotch eggs and smoked haddock. |
E 110 Sunset yellow FCF. |
A synthetic ‘coal tar’ and yellow dye used in fermented foods which must be heat treated. Orange squash, orange jelly, marzipan, Swiss roll, apricot jam, citrus marmalade, lemon curd. |
E 1105 Lysozyme |
Preservative; it degrades the cell wall of bacteria. |
E 120 Cochineal, carminic acid, carmine |
Red colouring found in alcoholic drinks, bakery products and toppings, biscuits, desserts, drinks, icings, pie fillings. |
E 1200 Polydextrose |
Thickening agent and filling agent. Binds water and protects against freeze damage. |
E 122 Carmoisine |
Red food colour – in blancmange, marzipan, Swiss roll, jams and preserves, sweets, brown sauce, flavoured yogurts, packet soups, jellies. |
E 123 Amaranth |
Food additive derived from the herbaceous plant. |
E 124 Ponceau 4R |
Red food colour. |
E 127 Erythrosine |
A cherry-pink/red synthetic coal tar dye found in cocktail, glacé and tinned cherries, canned fruit, sweets, dressed crab, salmon spread and packet trifle mix. |
E 128 Rot 2 G |
Red food colour. Restricted use in confectionery and meat products. |
E 129 Allura red AC |
Red food colour. Restricted use in confectionery and meat products. |
E 131 Patent blue V |
Blue food colouring. |
E 132 Indigo carmine |
Blue food colour. |
E 133 Brilliant blue FCF |
Blue food colouring. Ice cream and a few other food products, but mostly in cosmetics. |
E 140 Chlorophylls and chlorophyllins |
Green food colour. |
E 1404 Oxidierte starch |
Thickening agent and stabiliser. |
E 141 Chlorophylls |
Green food colour. |
E Quinoline yellow |
A synthetic ‘coal tar’ dye varying in colour between a dull yellow and greenish-yellow. Found in ices, scotch eggs and smoked haddock. |
E Cochineal, carminic acid, carmine |
Red colouring found in alcoholic drinks, bakery products and toppings, biscuits, desserts, drinks, icings, pie fillings. |
E Polydextrose |
Thickening agent and filling agent. Binds water and protects against freeze damage. |
E Erythrosine |
A cherry-pink/red synthetic coal tar dye found in cocktail, glacé and tinned cherries, canned fruit, |
E Patent blue V |
Blue food colouring. |
E Monostarch phosphate (modified starch) |
Thickening agent and stabiliser in many products |
E Acetylised di-starch phosphate (modified starch) |
Thickening agent in many products |
E Acetylised starch (modified starch) |
Thickening agent in many products |
E Acetylised di-starch adipate (modified starch) |
Thickening agent in many products |
E d Ammonium sulphite Caramel |
Brown to black in colour. Found in brown foods. |
E Triethyl citrate |
Flavour component in many products |
E f Ethyl ester of enoicbeta – apo – ‘ – Carot acid |
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E Lycopene |
Dark red food colouring. |
E Aluminium |
As a food additive it is used solely for external decoration of sugar-coated flour confectionery, in cake decorations and to give a silvery finish to pills and tablets. |
E Lithol rubine |
Red colour. Only used for surface coating of cheese. |
E Sodium benzoate, benzoic acid |
Found in barbecue sauce, caviar, cheesecake mix, fruit pies, margarine, pickled cucumbers, pineapple juice, prawns, preserves, salad dressing, soya sauce, sweets and table olives. |
E Sodium nitrite |
Used for curing(preserving) meat and fish products |
E Malic acid |
Typical products include non alcoholic beverages, chewing gum, gelatins, puddings, and fillings, hard and soft sweets, jams and jellies, processed fruits and fruit juices. |
E Octyl gallate (Gallate) |
A food additive – Used in oils, margarine, lard and salad dressings. |
E Sodium lactate (salts from lactic acid) |
Found in cheese, confectionary, icecream, fruit jellies, soups, canned fruits |
E Orthophosphoric acid, Phosphoric acid |
Found in many products, mainly cola, meat and cheese products. |
E Monosodium phosphate, Disodium, Trisodium |
Can help increase the activity of anti-oxidants. |
E Sodium malate, sodium hydrogen malate |
A natural acid present in fruits. |
E a Eucheuma algae, treated |
A type of red seaweed. Can be used as a thickening agent in cosmetics and some foods. |
E Gum arabic |
Additive used in soft drinks and gummy sweets such as marshmallow, M&M’s and gumdrops. |
E Sorbit, Sorbit syrup |
Many bakery and confectionery products. |
E Sucrose-acetate-isobutyrate |
A synthetic compound derived from cane sugar. |
E Glycerine ester of root resin/colophonester |
An emulsifier and stabiliser used in the soft drinks industry. |
E Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose |
Mainly used as a thickening agent in many different products. |
E Thermo-oxidised soya oil |
Found in magarine and similar fat emulsions for frying purposes. |
E Sorbitan monolaurate |
Found in many products. |
E Sorbitan mono-oleate |
Emulsifier and stabiliser – found in numerous different products. |
E Glutamic acid |
Glutamic acid and glutamates have the specific umami taste and enhance many other flavours, thereby reducing the amounts of salt needed in a product. |
E Guanylic acid, Guanylate |
Flavour enhancer used in many different products. |
E Sodium guanylate, Guanylate |
Flavour enhancer used in many products. |
E Inosinic acid, Ionisate |
Flavour enhancer – enhance many other flavours, thereby reducing the amounts of salt or other flavour enhancers needed in a product. |
E Dicalcium ionisate |
Used in many products. Mainly used in low sodium/salt products. |
E Disodium ‘-ribonucleotide |
Used in many products. Mainly used in low sodium/salt products. |
E Glycine and its sodium salts |
Mainly used for yeast in bread. Also used as a bread enhancer. |
E Isomalt |
Sweetener found in boiled sweets, toffee, lollipops, fudge, wafers, cough drops, throat lozenges, and a wide variety of other products. |
E Maltite, Maltite syrup |
Maltitol is a sugar alcohol (a polyol) used as a sugar substitute |
E Lecithin (E) |
Emulsifier and stabiliser of water-oil/fat mixtures. Used to soften chocolate. |
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