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 |
|---|---|
| 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’ (find out if you need extra wording for confectionery or alcohol containing liquorice in the liquorice section of the Food labelling guidance) |
| 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’ |