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🥕 What ingredient categories are available in the Ingredients module?

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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

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