Food labelling and packaging
Food and drink warnings
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains certain ingredients.
Ingredient | Wording you must use |
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Allura red (E129) | ‘May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children’ |
Aspartame | ‘Contains a source of phenylalanine’ |
Caffeine over 150 mg/l | ‘Not suitable for children, pregnant women and persons sensitive to caffeine’ |
Carmoisine (E122) | ‘May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children’ |
Liquorice | ‘Contains liquorice’ (you may need extra wording for confectionery or alcohol containing liquorice) |
Polyols | ‘Excessive consumption may cause a laxative effect’ |
Ponceau 4R (E124) | ‘May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children’ |
Quinoline yellow (E104) | ‘May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children’ |
Raw milk | ‘This milk has not been heat-treated and may therefore contain organisms harmful to health’ |
Skimmed milk with non-milk fat | There’s no fixed wording, but you must show a warning that the product is unfit or not to be used for babies. |
Sulphur dioxide over 10mg/l | ‘Contains sulphur dioxide (or sulphites/sulfites)’ |
Sunset yellow (E110) | ‘May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children’ |
Sweeteners | ‘With sweetener(s)’ |
Sweeteners and sugar | ‘With sugar and sweetener(s)’ |
Tartrazine (E102) | ‘May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children’ |