The Ingredients module includes a comprehensive list of categories based on official databases and guidance from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Health Canada, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Below is the full list of available ingredient categories (A–Z):
AIR (e.g. COMPRESSED AIR)
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
AMINO ACIDS
ANTIBIOTICS – HATCHERY
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
APRICOT KERNELS (e.g. WHOLE KERNELS, HALF KERNELS, GROUND)
BACTERIAL CULTURES / STARTER CULTURES
BAKERY AND GRAIN PRODUCTS (e.g. BREAD, CEREAL)
BAKING POWDER
BOILER ADDITIVES
BROODER SUPPLIES – HATCHERY
BUTTER (UNSALTED / SALTED)
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
CHEESE
CHICK – DAY OLD CHICK – HATCHERY (DOMESTIC OR IMPORTED)
CHOCOLATE (e.g. ALL KIND) ENROBING / MOLDING / COATING / SYRUP / LIQUOR
COATINGS / WAXES (SEE ALSO FOOD ADDITIVE (OTHER))
COCOA BUTTER
COCOA POWDER
COCONUT
COFFEE
CONFECTIONERY (EXCLUDING CHOCOLATE)
CORN STARCH
CORNMEAL
CYANIDE IN APRICOT KERNELS
DAIRY PRODUCTS / INGREDIENTS
DILUENTS – HATCHERY
DISINFECTING CHEMICALS (HATCHERY) EGG / CHICK
DRY ICE
DRESSINGS (e.g. MAYONNAISE DRESSING, SALAD DRESSING, FRENCH DRESSING etc.)
EDIBLE INSECTS
EGG – BREAKING FROM HATCHERY
EGG – FOR HATCHERY INCUBATION
EGG (SHELL EGG)
EGG PRODUCT PASTEURISED (FROZEN, DRIED AND LIQUID)
EGG PRODUCT UNPASTEURISED (FROZEN, DRIED AND LIQUID)
ELECTROLYTES – HATCHERY
EVAPORATED / CONDENSED MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
FATS AND OILS – ANIMAL ORIGIN
FATS AND OILS – PLANT ORIGIN
FERMENTATION PRODUCTS (e.g. XANTHAN GUM, ENZYMES, OTHERS)
FISH – AQUACULTURED
FISH – WILD
FLAVOURING PREPARATION / FLAVOUR / FLAVOUR ENHANCERS
FLOUR (e.g. WHEAT FLOUR)
FOOD ADDITIVE (ANTICAKING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (ANTIFOAMING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (BLEACHING, MATURING AND DOUGH CONDITIONING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (CARRIER OR EXTRACTION SOLVENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (EMULSIFYING, GELLING, STABILIZING AND THICKENING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (FIRMING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (FOOD ENZYMES)
FOOD ADDITIVE (GLAZING AND POLISHING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (OTHERS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (pH ADJUSTING AGENTS, ACID-REACTING MATERIALS AND WATER CORRECTING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (PRESERVATIVES)
FOOD ADDITIVE (SEQUESTERING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (STARCH MODIFYING AGENTS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (SWEETENERS)
FOOD ADDITIVE (YEAST FOODS)
FOOD COLOURS
FRUIT – DRIED OR CANDIED
FRUIT – DRINK / NECTAR / JUICE / COCKTAIL – HEAT TREATED
FRUIT – FRESH / FRESH CUT
FRUIT – FROZEN
FRUIT – JUICE (FRESH)
FRUIT – JUICE (PASTEURIZED / REFRIGERATED)
FRUIT – PRESERVES – JAMS, JELLIES, MARMALADES
FRUIT – SAUCE, PULP / PUREE, COMPOTE – HEAT TREATED
FRUIT JUICE – CONCENTRATED
FUMIGANTS – HATCHERY
HATCHING EGGS – HATCHERY
Health Canada Guidance Document – The Use of Probiotic Microorganisms in Food
Health Canada Safe handling of flour
HONEY AND HONEY PRODUCTS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (SEE ALSO FOOD ADDITIVE (OTHER))
ICE
INK – EDIBLE
LABELS
LIVE ANIMALS – POULTRY
LIVE ANIMALS – RED MEAT SPECIES
MAPLE PRODUCTS (MAPLE SYRUP, SUGAR, BUTTER, TAFFY, FLAKES)
MARINE AND FRESHWATER PLANTS (SEAWEED, ALGAE)
MARSHMALLOW BASE
MEAT PRODUCT (NON READY-TO-EAT)
MEAT PRODUCT (READY-TO-EAT / PRESERVED)
MICROBIAL FLORA FOR USE IN MOULD-RIPENED CHEESE
MILK / CREAM – PASTEURIZED
MILK / CREAM – RAW
MILK PRODUCTS – DRIED
MINERAL OIL
MINERALS
MOLASSES
NITRITE / NITRATE (e.g. PRAGUE POWDER)
NITROGEN
NUTS / PEANUTS AND THEIR PRODUCTS
PACKAGING MATERIAL
PACKAGING MATERIAL – HATCHERY
PASTA – DRY
PASTA – FRESH
PRE DUST, BATTERS, BREADING, FRYING BATTERS
PROCESSING AID
RICE
RETURNED PRODUCT
REWORK
SALT (NaCl)
SAUCES (e.g. SOYA SAUCE)
SCALDING AIDS
SEEDS
SEEDS (FOR SPROUTING)
SODIUM CASEINATE
SOFT DRINK CARBONATED
SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE
SPICES / SEASONING / SEASONING PREMIX
SPRAY AND INJECTABLES – HATCHERY
SPROUTED SEED POWDER
STARTER MEDIUM (FOR BACTERIAL CULTURES)
STEAM (FOOD GRADE / CULINARY)
SWEETENING AGENTS (SUGAR, DEXTROSE, FRUCTOSE, GLUCOSE, LACTOSE), LIQUID OR DRY
SYRUPS (e.g. CORN SYRUP)
TEA (INCLUDES HERBAL TEAS)
VACCINES – HATCHERY
VEGETABLES – ACIDIFIED – CANNED
VEGETABLES – CANNED
VEGETABLES – CONCENTRATED
VEGETABLES – DRIED
VEGETABLES – FERMENTED PICKLES
VEGETABLES – FRESH / FRESH CUT
VEGETABLES – FROZEN
VEGETABLES – JUICE / DRINK / COCKTAIL – CANNED
VEGETABLES – PICKLES IN OIL
VEGETABLES – PRESERVED IN BRINE
VEGETABLES – RELISHES
VINEGAR
VITAMINS
WATER
WHEY AND WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE
YEAST – DRY
