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Food Science & Technology vocabulary · Packaging and Labeling

Ingredient list

Meaning in food science & technology, with examples

nounCore term

In food science & technology, ingredient list means: The part of a food label that names all the ingredients, including additives, in descending order of weight at the time they were used.

In Turkish: içindekiler listesi, bileşen listesi

How it is used

It starts with the word 'Ingredients:'. Allergens are emphasized, for example in bold. When an ingredient appears in the product name or picture, EU and Turkish rules require its percentage (QUID), as in 'strawberries 30%'. Compound ingredients list their own components in brackets.

Example sentences

  1. Sugar is first in the ingredient list, so it is the main ingredient by weight.

  2. The supplier changed the chocolate chips, so the ingredient list on our cookies must change too.

Common collocations

  • full ingredient list
  • descending order of weight
  • emphasize allergens
  • compound ingredient
  • QUID declaration
  • labelThe printed information on a food package, such as the product name, ingredients, allergens, net quantity, date mark, storage instructions and producer details.
  • ingredientAny substance, including additives, that is used to make a food and is still present in the finished product, even if in a changed form.
  • allergenA substance, usually a protein, that can cause an allergic reaction in sensitive people, sometimes a severe one, even in very small amounts.
  • E numberA code made of the letter E and a number, such as E330 for citric acid, that identifies a food additive approved for use in the European Union.
  • nutrition labelThe table on a food package that shows the energy and nutrients, such as fat, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt, in a set amount of the product.

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