Demystifying Packaged Ingredients with the below table if you are avoiding oils, additives, animal products, saturated fats, dangerous additives, and any of the top 9 allergens, which are all in so much of everything these days.
If you are buying packaged and prepared foods then you should know what you are eating—this Ingredients guide will help. That being said, demystifying packaged ingredients is worthwhile, but the best food to buy usually has only one or two pronounceable ingredients, and the packaging is more like a peel than a box.
This is a living list so it will grow and will in time include more top 9 allergy ingredients as well as dangerous, and other notable ingredients. I will also add other resources that will also help so make sure you are subscribed on Substack so you don’t miss an update or the next WFPB recipe drop!
| Ingredient Name | Linked With |
|---|---|
| Acesulfame potassium 🍬 | Artificial sweetener |
| Agave nectar🍬 | Sugar |
| Arachis (oil) 🥜 | Peanuts |
| Arachis hypogaea 🥜 | Peanuts |
| Barley malt 🍬🍞 | Sugar, Wheat |
| Beer nut 🥜 | Peanut |
| Beet sugar 🍬 | Sugar |
| Bone char 🥩 | Animal Product |
| Bouillabaisse 🐟 | Fish, Shellfish |
| Brown rice syrup 🍬 | Sugar |
| Calcium Caseinate 🐄 | Milk |
| Cane juice crystals 🍬 | Sugar |
| Cane syrup 🍬 | Sugar |
| Caprylic/capric triglyceride 🥥 | Coconut |
| Caramel 🍬 | Sugar |
| Caramel color 🍬 | Sugar |
| Carmine 🥩 | Animal Product |
| Casein 🐄 | Milk |
| Caseinates 🐄 | Milk |
| Caster sugar 🍬 | Sugar |
| Cocamidopropyl betaine 🥥 | Coconut |
| Coco glucoside 🥥 | Coconut |
| Corn sweetener 🍬 | Sugar |
| Corn syrup 🍬 | Sugar |
| Corn syrup solids 🍬 | Sugar |
| Dehydrated cane juice 🍬 | Sugar |
| Demerara🍬 | Sugar |
| Dextrose 🍬 | Sugar |
| Disodium inosinate 🥩 | Animal Product |
| Einkorn 🍞 | Wheat |
| Evaporated cane juice 🍬 | Sugar |
| Farina 🍞 | Wheat |
| Fractionated palm kernel oil 🚫🛢️ | Danger, Saturated Fats |
| Fructose 🍬 | Sugar |
| Fruit juice concentrate 🍬 | Sugar |
| Gelatin 🥩 | Animal Product |
| Ghee 🐄🚫🛢️ | Milk, Saturated Fats |
| Glucose 🍬 | Sugar |
| Glucose solids 🍬 | Sugar |
| Golden syrup 🍬 | Sugar |
| Goobers 🥜 | Peanuts |
| Graham flour 🍞 | Wheat |
| Groundnuts 🥜 | Peanuts |
| High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) 🍬 | Sugar |
| Hydrogenated (oils) 🚫🛢️ | Trans Fats, Saturated Fats |
| Hydrolyzed peanut protein 🥜 | Peanuts |
| Hydrolyzed vegetable protein 🫘 | Soy |
| Hydrolyzed wheat protein 🍞 | Wheat |
| Isinglass 🐟 | Fish |
| Imitation crab 🐟 | Fish |
| Invert sugar 🍬 | Sugar |
| Kamut 🍞 | Wheat |
| Lactic acid (non-vegan) 🐄 | Dairy |
| Lactalbumin 🐄 | Dairy |
| Lactose 🐄 | Dairy |
| Lauric acid 🥥🚫🛢️ | Coconut, Saturated Fats |
| Lecithin 🥚🫘 | Possibly Eggs or Soy |
| Malt 🍬🍞 | Sugar, Wheat |
| Maltodextrin 🍬 | Sugar |
| Maltose 🍬 | Sugar |
| Mandelonas 🥜 | Peanuts |
| Maple flavor 🍬 | Sugar |
| Matzo 🍞 | Wheat |
| Medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) 🥥 | Coconut |
| Modified wheat starch 🍞 | Wheat |
| Mono- and diglycerides 🚫🛢️🫘 | Trans Fats, Soy |
| Molasses 🍬 | Sugar (technically the healthiest part of white sugar production) |
| Monkey nut 🥜 | Peanuts |
| Muscovado sugar 🍬 | Sugar |
| Natto 🫘 | Soy |
| Non-dairy creamer | Trans Fats, Milk/Casein |
| Nut oils 🌰 | Tree Nuts |
| Ovalbumin 🥚 | Eggs |
| Palm kernel oil 🚫🛢️ | Saturated Fats |
| Palm oil 🚫🛢️ | Saturated Fats |
| Peanut protein 🥜 | Peanuts |
| Recaldent 🥩 | Animal Product |
| Rennet 🥩 | Animal Product |
| Rice syrup 🍬 | Sugar |
| Roe 🐟 | Fish |
| Rye 🍞 | Wheat |
| Saccharose 🍬 | Sugar |
| Seitan 🍞 | Wheat |
| Shellac 🥩 | Animal Product |
| Shortening 🚫🛢️ | Trans Fats, Saturated Fats |
| Sodium Caseinate 🐄🧂 | Dairy, Sodium |
| Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) 🥥 | Coconut |
| Sodium nitrate 🚫 | Danger, Avoid |
| Sorghum syrup 🍬 | Sugar |
| Sucrose 🍬 | Sugar |
| Surimi 🐟🐚 | Fish, Shellfish |
| Tamari 🫘 | Soy |
| Tallow 🥩🚫🛢️ | Animal Product, Saturated Fats |
| Textured vegetable protein (TVP) 🫘 | Soy |
| Treacle 🍬 | Sugar |
| Turbinado sugar 🍬 | Sugar |
| Vegetable ghee 🚫🛢️ | Trans Fats |
| Vegetable shortening 🚫🛢️ | Trans Fats |
| Whey 🐄 | Dairy |
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