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  2. United Kingdom food information regulations - Wikipedia

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    United Kingdom food information regulations. The law in the United Kingdom on food information and labelling is multifaceted and is spread over many reforms and parliamentary acts. UK law is based on the relevant European Union rules, chiefly Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, which is implemented in the UK in the Food Information Regulations 2014, [1 ...

  3. List of United Kingdom food and drink products with protected ...

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    Most of the products hold either PGI (51 in the UK and 49 in the EU) or PDO (32 in the UK, 31 in the EU) status, with 4 products being designated as TSG. This list, is compiled according to the eAmbrosia European Commission database and the UK 'Protected geographical food and drink names' database.

  4. Traffic light rating system - Wikipedia

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    Food and drink Food may be labelled with a traffic light label showing how much fat , saturated fats , sugar and salt are in that food by using the traffic light signals for high ( red ), medium ( amber ) and low ( green ) percentages for each of these ingredients.

  5. Nutrition facts label - Wikipedia

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    The nutrition facts label (also known as the nutrition information panel, and other slight variations) is a label required on most packaged food in many countries, showing what nutrients and other ingredients (to limit and get enough of) are in the food.

  6. Ribena - Wikipedia

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    Ribena ( / raɪˈbiːnə / rye-BEE-nə) is a brand of blackcurrant -based soft drink (both uncarbonated and carbonated), and fruit drink concentrate designed to be mixed with water. It is available in bottles, cans and multi-packs. Originally of English origin, it was produced by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) until 2013, when ...

  7. Vegetarian and vegan symbolism - Wikipedia

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    According to the law, vegetarian food should be identified by a green symbol and non-vegetarian food with a brown symbol. They are defined as: "Vegetarian food must have a symbol of a green color-filled circle inside a square with a green outline prominently displayed on the package, contrasting against the background on the principal display ...

  8. Black-eyed pea - Wikipedia

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    lobia. The black-eyed pea or black-eyed bean [2] is a legume grown around the world for its medium-sized, edible bean. It is a subspecies of the cowpea, an Old World plant domesticated in Africa, and is sometimes simply called a cowpea. The common commercial variety is called the California Blackeye; it is pale-colored with a prominent black spot.

  9. List of food labeling regulations - Wikipedia

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    Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007. Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997. Food libel laws. Food Quality Protection Act. Generally recognized as safe. Global Food Security Act of 2009. Kevin's Law. Mandatory country-of-origin labeling of food sold in the United States.

  10. EC identification and health marks - Wikipedia

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    European Commission: List of approved food establishments; Germany: dairy processor codes, meat and dairy processor codes, region code (similar to ISO 3166-2:DE) United Kingdom: Approved premises in the UK; Republic of Ireland: Approved food establishments

  11. Asparagus - Wikipedia

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    Asparagus is an herbaceous, perennial plant [3] growing to 100–150 centimetres (3–5 feet) tall, with stout stems with much-branched, feathery foliage. The 'leaves' are, in fact, needle-like cladodes ( modified stems) in the axils of scale leaves; they are 6–32 millimetres ( 1⁄4 – 11⁄4 inches) long and 1 mm ( 1⁄32 in) broad, and ...