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• Achiote / annatto Achiote / annatto used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Acorn squash Fresh ribbed Cucurbita pepo winter squash sold as acorn squash. Not butternut, delicata, or pumpkin.
• Active dry yeast Active dry yeast used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Adobo seasoning Adobo seasoning used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Adzuki beans Small dry beans of Vigna angularis used whole in sweet and savory preparations
• Aji amarillo The Peruvian Capsicum baccatum chile known for a fruity, moderately hot flavor and yellow-to-orange ripe color
• Ajwain / carom seeds Ajwain is the dried ripe fruit commonly sold as carom seed from Trachyspermum ammi
• Ají panca The named Peruvian panca chile/pepper. Whole dried pods, paste, and powder are distinct forms
• Akkawi cheese A mild, firm, brined white cheese associated with Levantine cooking and named for Akka/Acre.
• Aleppo / Halaby pepper flakes Mildly hot, fruity chile flakes commonly cured with oil and salt.
• Alfalfa sprouts Fresh sprouted alfalfa seeds sold as alfalfa sprouts. Not broccoli, clover, or mixed sprouts.
• Algae cooking oil Algae cooking oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• All-purpose wheat flour Wheat flour milled and blended for general cooking and baking use. Bread flour, cake flour, gluten-free blends, and named wheat such as einkorn remain separate products or identities.
• Allspice / Jamaican pimento Dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica
• Almond butter Almond butter used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Almond extract Concentrated almond-flavor extract used in baking and beverages
• Almond flour Almond flour used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Almonds Edible almond kernels, including explicitly modeled physical preparations. Excludes almond beverages, chocolate-covered confections and mixed products as direct almond sources.
• Amchur / dried mango powder Amchur (amchoor) is powder produced from clean dried mango slices and used as a souring ingredient
• American processed cheese American processed cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Amfissa olives Amfissa olives used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Anaheim chiles Anaheim chiles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Anchovies Anchovy fish and explicitly identified preserved/paste forms. Excludes anchovy-stuffed olives and dishes merely containing anchovy.
• Apple butter Prepared apple butter spread
• Apple cider vinegar Culinary vinegar made from fermented apple cider. Raw, filtered, flavored, and sweetened blends remain explicit product distinctions.
• Applesauce Prepared apple purée sold as applesauce
• Apricots Apricots used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Arborio rice Arborio rice used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Argentine chorizo Sausage explicitly labeled argentine chorizo. Distinct from fresh Mexican and cured Spanish chorizo
• Arrowroot starch Arrowroot starch used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Artichokes Artichoke vegetable and explicitly identified hearts/quarters or preserved forms. Prepared pesto is a separate sauce, not a direct artichoke.
• Arugula Arugula used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Asafoetida / hing Culinary spice supplied as pure dried resin or, more commonly, compounded powder.
• Asiago cheese Cheese explicitly identified as Asiago
• Asparagus Asparagus used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Avocado oil Avocado oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Avocados Avocados used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Baby corn Immature whole corn cobs sold as baby corn, fresh, frozen, or canned
• Bacon Bacon used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Baked beans Beans sold as a prepared baked-bean dish or side
• Baking powder Baking powder used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Baking soda Food-grade sodium bicarbonate sold as a chemical leavener for cooking and baking. Baking powder and prepared baking mixes are separate products.
• Baldo rice Baldo is a named rice cultivar used for pilav and sütlaç. Grain-shape classifications are source-specific
• Balsamic vinegar Vinegar sold as balsamic vinegar or balsamico. Balsamic glaze and sauces merely containing balsamic vinegar are separate prepared products.
• Bamboo shoots Bamboo shoots used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Banana peppers Banana peppers used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Bananas Bananas used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Baobab fruit-pulp powder Baobab fruit-pulp powder is edible baobab fruit pulp dried and ground to powder. It is distinct from baobab leaf powder, seed oil, whole fruit, supplements, and formulated powder blends.
• Barbecue sauce Prepared barbecue sauce family, with explicit Japanese, Korean, Hawaiian, Carolina and other established styles kept separate for recipe fit. An unspecified style is never proof of a requested regional formula.
• Basmati rice Aromatic long-grain South Asian rice cultivar group, often aged.
• Beef bone broth Beef bone broth used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Beef brisket Beef brisket used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Beef chuck / diezmillo Shoulder-region beef cut sold for stewing, braising and grinding.
• Beef feet Beef feet used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Beef liver Beef liver used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Beef marrow bones Beef bones cut to expose edible marrow.
• Beef ribeye Beef ribeye used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Beef short ribs Beef rib cut sold bone-in or boneless in several cut orientations.
• Beef skirt steak Beef skirt steak used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Beef stew meat Beef stew meat used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Beef tallow Rendered beef fat sold as tallow for cooking and frying
• Beef tongue Raw whole beef tongue sold as an offal cut for braising and tacos de lengua. Not cooked or pickled tongue, and not veal or pork tongue.
• Beef tripe Beef tripe used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Beets Beets used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Biscuit mix Biscuit mix used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Bison Bison used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Black beans Black common beans used whole in cooking, sold dried or canned. Mixed-bean products, refried preparations, dips, and black-bean-flavored prepared foods are separate.
• Black cardamom South Asian black or large cardamom is the culinary spice from Amomum subulatum, sold as dried capsules/pods, seeds, or ground seed and kept distinct from green cardamom, korarima, and Chinese caoguo.
• Black pepper Black pepper spice
• Black-eyed peas Black-eyed peas used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Blackberries Blackberries used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Blue cheese Mold-ripened cheese sold as blue or bleu cheese, crumbled or as a named wedge
• Blueberries Blueberries used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Bok choy Bok choy used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Bouillon Prepared concentrated cooking-stock base family. Beef, chicken, vegetable and tomato-chicken formulas and powder/cube/paste preparation remain explicit constraints.
• Bread flour Wheat flour sold specifically for bread baking, ordinarily with higher gluten-forming potential than all-purpose flour. Named grain and formula claims remain product-specific.
• Brie Brie used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Broccoli Broccoli vegetable with growing-stage and fresh/frozen/cut constraints when supported. Mixed sprouts, broccoli-cauliflower blends and broccolette do not establish direct mature broccoli.
• Broccoli sprouts Broccoli sprouts used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Brown lentils Brown lentils used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Brown rice Whole-grain rice with bran retained when no narrower cultivar is established
• Brown sugar Brown sugar as a sweetening ingredient
• Brownie mix Brownie mix used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Brussels sprouts Brussels sprouts used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Bucatini Long, thick pasta strands with a hollow center.
• Buckwheat Buckwheat used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Bulgur wheat Parboiled, dried and cracked durum wheat, graded by grind. The grind is the culinary form: a fine köftelik grind and a coarse pilavlık grind are used for different dishes and are not interchangeable.
• Burrata Burrata used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Butter Dairy butter used in cooking and baking. Salted and unsalted forms remain distinguishable.
• Butter beans Butter beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Buttermilk Cultured retail buttermilk unless traditional churned buttermilk is explicit.
• Butternut squash Butternut squash used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cabbage Cabbage used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cacao butter Cacao butter used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cajun seasoning Cajun seasoning used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cake flour Cake flour used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Calabrian chile paste Crushed or paste-like Calabrian chiles preserved as a spoonable condiment, commonly in oil.
• Calabrian chiles (dried) Dried Calabrian chile peppers.
• California chile Chile explicitly labeled California
• Calrose rice Calrose rice used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Camembert Soft bloomy-rind cow's-milk cheese sold as Camembert
• Cane sugar Cane sugar used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Canned ackee Commercially canned arils of ripe, properly processed ackee (Blighia sapida), normally packed in brine, sold as a ready cooking ingredient.
• Canned corn kernels Corn kernels explicitly canned
• Canned corned beef Salt-cured, cooked, canned shredded beef used as a cooking ingredient in Caribbean and West African food.
• Canned jack mackerel Canned Trachurus, the Caribbean cooking fish behind rundown and mackerel dishes.
• Canned mixed vegetables Mixed vegetables explicitly established as canned. Frozen blends and products with unknown preservation state do not complete this identity.
• Cannellini beans Cannellini beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Canola oil Canola oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cantaloupe Cantaloupe used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Caper buds Caper buds used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cargamanto beans Cargamanto beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Caribbean browning / burnt-sugar sauce Dark burnt-sugar liquid used to colour and flavour Caribbean stews, rice and cakes. Sugar cooked past caramel, not a fruit concentrate.
• Carob molasses / keçiboynuzu pekmezi Boiled-down concentrated carob pod syrup used as a sweetener and tonic. Made from the pod, not from roasted carob powder.
• Carrots Fresh carrot roots used as a vegetable/aromatic.
• Cashew butter Cashew butter used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cashews Cashews used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cassava flour Cassava flour used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cassava root / yuca Manihot esculenta root, sold fresh, frozen or peeled-and-cooked
• Castelvetrano olives Castelvetrano olives used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Catfish Catfish used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cauliflower Cauliflower used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cayenne pepper (ground) Ground dried cayenne-type red chile sold as cayenne or cayenne pepper
• Celery Fresh stalk celery used as a vegetable/aromatic.
• Celery root / celeriac Fresh swollen root of Apium graveolens var. rapaceum sold as celery root or celeriac. Not stalk celery or celery seed.
• Central American crema Central American crema parent with separately evidenced Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan styles. Excludes Mexican/Oaxacan crema and Venezuelan nata as interchangeable siblings.
• Central American red silk beans Small red Central American bean cultivar (frijol de seda), thin-skinned and quick-cooking.
• Champagne vinegar Champagne vinegar used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chana dal Chana dal is split, hulled desi or Bengal-gram chickpea (Cicer arietinum). It is a pulse form, not chickpea flour/besan
• Chayote Chayote used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cheddar cheese Dairy cheddar cheese. Age, sharpness, color, flavoring, and block, slice, or shred presentation remain exact form or product facts
• Cherries Cherries used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chia seeds Chia seeds used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chicken backs / frames The raw backbone/frame remaining after primary poultry cuts, commonly sold for stock
• Chicken bone broth Chicken bone broth used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chicken breasts Chicken breast meat with explicitly modeled cut and raw/prepared states. Tenderloin is separately labeled
• Chicken broth Chicken broth used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chicken drumsticks Chicken drumsticks used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chicken livers Raw liver from chicken, sold as an edible offal cut.
• Chicken necks Chicken necks used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chicken sausage Chicken sausage used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chicken tenderloins The specifically labeled chicken tenderloin cut
• Chicken thighs Raw chicken thigh meat, bone-in or boneless, with skin state represented as form.
• Chicken wings Chicken wings used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chickpea flour / besan Flour sold under chickpea, garbanzo, gram, or besan labels
• Chickpeas Chickpea legumes as ingredients, not flour.
• Chihuahua cheese Chihuahua cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chili crisp / fried chile condiment in oil Fried chile and aromatics suspended in oil, eaten as a condiment. The fried solids are part of the identity, not a garnish on an infused oil.
• Chili powder (US seasoning blend) US-style chili powder: ground chile blended with seasonings such as cumin, garlic and oregano
• Chili-garlic sauce Chili-garlic sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chinese five-spice blend A named Chinese seasoning blend sold as five-spice powder. Formula remains ProductSKU-specific
• Chinkiang vinegar The Zhenjiang-style Chinese mature black rice vinegar commonly romanized Chinkiang.
• Chipilín Chipilín used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chipotle peppers in adobo Smoked, dried ripe jalapeños prepared in seasoned adobo. Prepared chipotles-in-adobo identity does not require a can
• Chocolate baking chips Chocolate baking chips used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chow mein noodles Chow mein noodles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Chow-chow relish Southern pickled vegetable relish.
• Chutney Prepared chutney condiment family
• Cilantro The fresh leaves and tender stems of Coriandrum sativum used as an herb
• Cinnamon Culinary cinnamon bark spice as a broad family.
• Clams Clams used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Clover sprouts Fresh sprouted clover seeds sold as clover sprouts. Not alfalfa, broccoli, or mixed sprouts.
• Cloves Clove spice, preserving whole and ground presentation.
• Cocoa powder Cocoa powder used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Coconut flour Coconut flour used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Coconut oil Coconut oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Coconut sugar Coconut sugar used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cod Cod fish in explicitly supported forms. Cod cakes and other prepared dishes do not establish unprepared cod.
• Colby cheese Cheese explicitly identified as Colby, separate from the Colby Jack blend.
• Colby Jack cheese Colby Jack cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Colombian chorizo Sausage explicitly labeled colombian chorizo. Distinct from fresh Mexican and cured Spanish chorizo
• Cooking coconut cream Unsweetened coconut cream intended for culinary use, made from coconut endosperm with or without water and materially richer than coconut milk. Sweetened cream of coconut, powders, and unrelated dairy substitutes are separate
• Cooking coconut milk Unsweetened coconut-meat extract/emulsion sold as a cooking ingredient. Concentration and reconstitution state are material
• Cooking wine Wine sold for cooking. Red, white, sherry and marsala formulas remain distinct, with no automatic equivalence to drinking wine or a requested sibling.
• Coriander seed spice Culinary coriander seed spice, with whole/ground forms.
• Corn oil Corn oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Corn syrup Culinary glucose syrup explicitly sold as corn syrup
• Corn tortillas Finished flatbreads made primarily from corn masa
• Corn tostada shells Flat crisp corn tostada shells sold as a direct cooking or serving base
• Cornbread mix Cornbread mix used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cornmeal Meal made by grinding cleaned corn.
• Cornstarch Plain maize-derived starch used as a cooking ingredient. Excludes Maizena baking mixes and flavored dessert products.
• Cotija cheese Aged, dry, salty crumbling Mexican cheese used as a finishing cheese.
• Cottage cheese Cottage cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Country ham Southern U.S. dry-cured ham, represented separately from prosciutto.
• Couscous Couscous used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cow's milk Cow's milk used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cranberries Cranberries used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cream cheese Cream cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Cream-style corn Prepared corn kernels and pulp sold as cream-style corn
• Cremini mushrooms Cremini mushrooms used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Crushed red pepper flakes Generic crushed dried red chile with seeds, sold as crushed red pepper or red chili flakes when no named chile identity is established. Not gochugaru, Aleppo, Urfa, Calabrian or New Mexico flakes, and not cayenne powder.
• Culantro Eryngium foetidum, a long-leaf tropical herb also known as recao or sawtooth coriander.
• Culinary banana leaves Food-grade banana leaves used as wrappers, liners, or covers in cooking.
• Culinary bay leaves Leaves explicitly sold as culinary bay leaves.
• Culinary grape leaves Edible, unfilled grapevine leaves sold for cooking or wrapping foods
• Culinary rose water Rose water sold for culinary flavouring.
• Cumin Seed of Cuminum cyminum, sold whole or ground.
• Curry powder (spice blend) Ground spice blend sold as curry powder
• Dandelion greens Dandelion greens used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Dashi stock Dashi stock used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Date molasses Date-derived culinary syrup/molasses.
• Dates Dates used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Delicata squash Fresh striped Cucurbita pepo winter squash sold as delicata. Not acorn squash or butternut squash.
• Dermason white beans Turkish white bean cultivar, small and thin-skinned, used for kuru fasulye.
• Dill Dill used as a direct culinary herb. Freshness, drying and package claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific.
• Distilled white vinegar Clear distilled culinary vinegar sold as distilled white vinegar. Cleaning-only products and other source-material vinegars are separate.
• Doenjang Korean fermented soybean paste with its own culinary identity and flavor profile.
• Dragon fruit Dragon fruit used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Dried cascabel chile Dried cascabel chile used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Dried chile de árbol Small, thin, hot dried Mexican chile used whole or ground for salsas and oils.
• Dried corn husks Dried maize husks sold as cooking wrappers, especially for tamales
• Dried culinary mint Mint sold dried for culinary seasoning.
• Dried eggplant shells for stuffing Sun-dried hollowed eggplant shells, rehydrated and stuffed for dolma. Sold by the piece on a string.
• Dried fenugreek leaves / kasuri methi Dried fenugreek leaves are the dried leaf form of Trigonella foenum-graecum used as a culinary herb, commonly sold as kasuri or kasoori methi
• Dried hibiscus calyces Dried food-grade calyces of Hibiscus sabdariffa used for infusions and cooking.
• Dried morita chile Dried morita chile used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Dried puya chile Dried puya chile used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Dried shiitake mushrooms Shiitake mushrooms preserved by drying and sold as the mushroom itself, whole or cut. Fresh shiitake and blends containing shiitake do not establish this dried-form source.
• Dried shrimp Shrimp preserved by drying and sold as the dried seafood itself. Whole/peeled/size/salt details remain exact-product or form properties
• Dry salad dressing mix Dry packaged mix explicitly intended for preparing salad dressing
• Dry-cured black table olives Ripe black olives cured with salt or in oil rather than brine, sold wrinkled and loose or oiled. Turkish labels call the dry cure sele.
• Duck breast Duck breast used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Duck fat Rendered culinary fat from duck.
• Durum semolina / semola Milled durum wheat whose granulation is a material culinary form.
• Edamame Edamame used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Egg noodles Egg noodles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Eggplant Eggplant used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Egusi seeds Culinary seeds from selected West African cucurbit crops, used whole or ground
• Einkorn flour Flour milled from einkorn wheat
• Empanada dough discs Empanada dough discs used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Enchilada sauce Enchilada sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Enoki mushrooms Fresh clusters of long-stemmed Flammulina mushrooms sold as enoki. Not shiitake, oyster, or canned enoki products.
• Epazote A pungent herb native to the Americas and used in Mexican and Central American cooking.
• Evaporated milk Evaporated milk used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fajita seasoning Fajita seasoning used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Farro Farro used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fava beans Fava beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fennel seeds Culinary fennel seeds.
• Fenugreek seed Hard, bitter-aromatic seed of Trigonella foenum-graecum.
• Fermented locust-bean seasoning Fermented locust-bean seasoning is a condiment made by fermenting African locust-bean seeds, often Parkia biglobosa, and known regionally as dawadawa/dadawa or iru. Species, fermentation, moisture, and presentation vary and remain product-specific.
• Feta Brined feta cheese sold in blocks, chunks or crumbles. Halloumi and other brined cheeses are separate identities.
• Fish sauce Liquid seasoning made by salting and fermenting fish
• Flaxseed Flaxseed used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Flounder Flounder used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Flour tortillas Finished wheat-flour tortillas
• Fonio Fonio is an edible West African cereal grain. Species, polishing, pre-cooking, and whole-versus-milled presentation remain product-specific
• Fontina cheese Semi-soft melting cheese sold as fontina
• Freekeh / firik The cereal ingredient explicitly labelled freekeh/firik, preserving whole/cracked form.
• Fresh apples Whole fresh culinary apples. Cultivar, size, and pack are exact-product facts
• Fresh chives Fresh chives used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fresh corn Fresh corn vegetable. Canned kernels, dry maize and cornmeal products cannot satisfy fresh-corn identity.
• Fresh cucumbers Fresh cucumber fruit used raw or cooked. English or hothouse and mini or baby presentations remain explicit forms
• Fresh curry leaves Fresh leaves of the curry leaf tree used as an aromatic ingredient in South Asian cooking
• Fresh fennel bulb Fresh fennel bulb used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fresh figs Whole ripe fig fruit intended for fresh eating or cooking, not dried, preserved, or processed fig products.
• Fresh horseradish root Fresh whole Armoracia rusticana root. Not prepared or grated horseradish, horseradish sauce, or wasabi.
• Fresh Mexican chorizo Fresh/raw Mexican-style seasoned sausage intended to be cooked
• Fresh mint Fresh mint used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fresh mozzarella High-moisture fresh mozzarella, ordinarily packed in liquid or sold as fresh balls/logs.
• Fresh oregano Fresh oregano used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fresh piquín chile Fresh piquín/pequín chile explicitly sold fresh
• Fresh rosemary Fresh rosemary used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fresh sage Fresh sage used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fresh thyme Fresh thyme used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Fresh tomatoes Fresh tomato fruit used raw or cooked. Concentrated tomato paste and Turkish domates salçası are separate identities.
• Frozen corn kernels Mature corn kernels explicitly sold frozen
• Frozen corn on the cob Mature corn sold frozen on the cob
• Frozen mixed vegetables Mixed vegetables explicitly sold frozen
• Fruit preserves Prepared fruit jams, jellies, conserves and preserves family. Fruit/formula remains explicit
• Furikake Japanese dry rice seasoning built on sesame, nori, dried fish and salt. It is a composite seasoning, not a single ingredient.
• Garam masala Garam masala used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Gari / garri — cassava granules Fermented and roasted cassava granules sold as gari/garri, a processed cooking/staple food distinct from raw cassava root, cassava flour, tapioca starch and generic fufu mixes.
• Garlic Culinary garlic
• Garlic salt Garlic salt used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Gelatin dessert mix Gelatin dessert mix used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Ghee Ghee is a dairy milk-fat product made from milk, cream, or butter by removing nearly all water and non-fat solids
• Giardiniera Product explicitly identified as giardiniera. Muffaletta mix alone does not establish this pickled-vegetable identity.
• Gigantes beans Gigantes beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Ginger Culinary ginger rhizome and its evidenced fresh/dried/ground forms.
• Gluten-free all-purpose baking flour blend Formulated gluten-free flour blend intended as a functional baking-flour replacement
• Glutinous rice flour Flour explicitly made from glutinous/sweet rice. It is a distinct ingredient identity from ordinary non-glutinous rice flour
• Goat cheese Goat cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Gochugaru Korean dried red-chile flakes or powder, commonly sold in materially different coarse and fine grinds.
• Gochujang Korean fermented red-chile paste made with chile powder, grain or starch, fermented soybean material, and salt.
• Gouda cheese Dairy Gouda cheese. Dairy-free Gouda-style substitutes are separate commercial products and do not establish a direct source.
• Gournay cheese Soft cheese explicitly sold as Gournay
• Grains of Selim Grains of Selim are the dried aromatic fruit/pods of Xylopia aethiopica used as a West African spice. Hwentia is a supported regional name
• Granulated sugar Plain granulated culinary sugar.
• Grape molasses / üzüm pekmezi Boiled-down concentrated grape must used as a sweetener and condiment. Nothing is added: the sweetness is the reduced must.
• Grape vinegar Vinegar labelled as fermented from grapes or grape must, common in Turkish and Mediterranean cooking. The label alone does not establish whether production began from fresh must or wine.
• Grapefruit Grapefruit used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Grapes Grape fruit with fresh versus dried/raisin processing explicitly preserved. Raisins never complete fresh-grape requests.
• Grapeseed oil Grapeseed oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Great Northern beans Great Northern beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Greater galangal Alpinia galanga, an aromatic rhizome used in Southeast Asian cooking and distinct from common ginger.
• Greek-style yogurt Dairy yogurt explicitly sold as Greek style
• Green beans Green beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Green bell pepper The fresh green fruit of a sweet bell-pepper cultivar, used as an ordinary vegetable. Hot green chiles are separate identities.
• Green cardamom Green cardamom is the culinary spice from Elettaria cardamomum, sold as intact capsules/pods, decorticated seeds, or ground seed. Its identity is distinct from South Asian black cardamom and korarima.
• Green lentils Green lentils used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Green peas Green peas used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Green table olives Unripe-picked olives cured in brine or lye and sold whole, cracked (kırma), scratched (çizik), stuffed or grilled and marinated. The preparation is a form of one identity, not a separate food.
• Grits Coarsely ground corn grits not assumed to be alkali-treated.
• Ground beef Raw minced beef for ordinary cooking, with lean-to-fat ratio retained where known.
• Ground chicken Ground chicken used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Ground lamb Ground lamb used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Ground pork Ground pork used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Ground sumac Dried drupes of Rhus coriaria, sour and deep red, sold ground or as whole berries. Some retail packs are cut with salt.
• Ground turkey Ground turkey used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Gruyère cheese Firm cooked-curd cheese sold as Gruyère
• Guaje pods Guaje pods used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Guajillo chile The guajillo chile identity, ordinarily encountered as the dried ripe mirasol-type chile and also available in ground or prepared forms.
• Guanciale Italian cured pork jowl used in dishes including carbonara, amatriciana, and gricia
• Guatemalan chorizo Sausage explicitly labeled guatemalan chorizo. Distinct from fresh Mexican and cured Spanish chorizo
• Guatemalan longaniza Sausage explicitly labeled guatemalan longaniza. Distinct from fresh Mexican and cured Spanish chorizo
• Guava Guava used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Guava paste / bocadillo Dense set paste of guava pulp and sugar, sliced and eaten with cheese or used in baking.
• Habanero chiles Habanero chiles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Half-and-half Half-and-half used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Halloumi / Hellim Brined, high-heat-tolerant cheese associated with Cyprus
• Ham Ham used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Hami melon Hami melon used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Hard corn taco shells Curved crisp corn shells sold for hard tacos
• Harissa North African prepared chile-pepper condiment, normally sold as a paste or sauce.
• Hazelnut flour Finely milled hazelnuts used as a direct baking and cooking ingredient
• Heavy cream High-fat dairy cream sold as heavy cream or heavy whipping cream.
• Hen eggs Shell eggs of chickens used as an ingredient.
• Herbes de Provence Herbes de Provence used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Himalayan pink salt Himalayan pink salt used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Hoisin sauce Sweet, salty Chinese fermented-soybean condiment thickened for glazing and dipping.
• Hoja santa Hoja santa used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Holy basil Ocimum tenuiflorum used as kraphao/kra pao in Thai cooking
• Honduran chorizo Sausage explicitly labeled honduran chorizo. Distinct from fresh Mexican and cured Spanish chorizo
• Honey Honey used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Honeydew melon Honeydew melon used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Hot sauce Prepared hot pepper sauce family. Salsa dips, chili oils and products merely packed in hot sauce are not direct hot-sauce sources without an explicit independent relationship.
• Huazontle Huazontle used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Idli rice Idli rice is rice specifically milled and marketed for making idli or dosa batter. Cultivar, grain length, parboiling, and polishing are product-specific and must not be inferred from the category name.
• Indian curry simmer sauce Prepared Indian-style cooking/simmer sauce family. Tikka masala, jalfrezi, butter chicken, korma and other evidenced formulas remain distinct recipe constraints.
• Instant yeast Fine-granule baking yeast formulated for direct addition to dry ingredients
• Iodized salt Iodized salt used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Italian seasoning blend Italian seasoning blend used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Jaggery Jaggery (gur) is a non-centrifugal sugar made by concentrating sugarcane juice or certain palm saps. Source material and presentation—block, ball, or powder—must remain explicit or unresolved.
• Jalapeño chiles Jalapeño chiles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Jamaican jerk seasoning Jamaican allspice-and-Scotch-bonnet seasoning for jerk, sold as a dry rub or a wet marinade. It is a composite seasoning, not a single spice.
• Japanese curry roux Prepared solid curry-roux blocks or pieces sold for making Japanese-style curry by dissolving into a cooking liquid. Heat level and formula are exact-product properties.
• Jasmine rice Aromatic long-grain Thai rice cultivar group.
• Jicama Jicama used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Jocote Jocote used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Kabocha squash Fresh Cucurbita maxima winter squash sold as kabocha. Not butternut squash or pumpkin.
• Kala namak / black salt Kala namak is a specifically processed South Asian black salt with characteristic sulfurous aroma and pink-gray appearance
• Kalamata olives Kalamata olives used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Kale Kale vegetable. A chopped salad kit or mixed product does not establish a kale-only source.
• Kataifi / kadayıf dough Shredded phyllo-style pastry strands sold as an ingredient. Raw/frozen, chilled and dried strands behave differently and a baked dessert base is not the same product.
• Kaymak / clotted cream Very high-fat cream skimmed from slowly simmered milk and set in layers, eaten as a spread. Sold under the Turkish name and, on some labels, as clotted cream.
• Kefir Kefir used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Ketchup Ketchup used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Kimchi seasoning paste Kimchi seasoning paste used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Kiwi fruit Kiwi fruit used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Kokum Kokum is the souring rind of Garcinia indica fruit, commonly sold dried
• Kombu Edible dried kelp used in Japanese cooking, especially as a primary source of flavor in dashi.
• Korean rice cakes (tteok) A rice-only Korean rice-cake concept represented by plain cylindrical garaetteok and the common tteokbokki and tteokguk cuts
• Korean sweet-potato starch noodles / dangmyeon Korean glass noodles made principally from sweet-potato starch, sold dry as a standalone noodle for japchae and related dishes.
• Kosher salt Kosher salt used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Labneh The prepared dairy food labelled labneh.
• Lamb chops Lamb chops used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Lamb leg Lamb leg used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Lamb shanks Lower leg/shank cuts from lamb.
• Lamb shoulder Shoulder cut from lamb, sold bone-in or boneless.
• Leeks Cultivated leek stalks used as an allium vegetable.
• Lemongrass Aromatic culinary stalk used in Southeast Asian and other cooking.
• Lemons Fresh culinary lemons used for juice, zest, or whole fruit.
• Lettuce Lettuce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Lima beans Lima beans sold as baby, large, frozen, canned, or dried beans
• Limes Fresh culinary lime fruit. Makrut lime leaves and bottled lime products are separate identities or forms.
• Lion's mane mushrooms Lion's mane mushrooms used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Liquid aminos Liquid aminos used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Lo mein noodles Lo mein noodles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Lobster tail Lobster tail used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Long-grain white rice Long-grain white rice used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Loroco flowers Loroco flowers used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Low-moisture mozzarella Drier, aged pasta-filata mozzarella sold shredded, sliced, in blocks or as string cheese
• Lucuma Lucuma used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Lulo Lulo used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Lupini beans Lupini beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Macadamia nuts Macadamia nuts used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Mahi-mahi Mahi-mahi used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Malanga coco Malanga coco used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Malt vinegar Malt vinegar used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Mamey sapote Mamey sapote used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Mandarins Mandarin fruit parent, with clementine subtype and processing constraints separately supported. Generic mandarin does not narrow to clementine or canned fruit.
• Mangoes Mangoes used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Manouri cheese Manouri cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Maple syrup Maple syrup used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Margarine Product explicitly identified as margarine
• Marzipan Sweet almond-and-sugar confection whose finished logs/loaves are distinct from baking marzipan and almond paste.
• Mascarpone Rich Italian-style fresh cream cheese sold as mascarpone. Not American cream cheese, ricotta, or clotted cream.
• Mashan leaves Mashan leaves used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Mayocoba / peruano beans Pale yellow Mexican/Peruvian bean cultivar, creamy and thin-skinned.
• Mayonnaise Mayonnaise condiment family with explicitly labeled flavor/formula styles. Miracle Whip mayo-like dressing and aioli are not assumed mayonnaise.
• Medium-grain white rice White rice explicitly sold as medium-grain
• Mexican adobo marinade Mexican adobo marinade used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Mexican crema Cream explicitly labeled Mexican-style crema
• Millet flour (millet unspecified) Flour sold as millet flour without enough retained evidence to narrow the millet species
• Millet grain (species unspecified) Whole millet sold without enough retained evidence to narrow the species
• Mirin-style seasoning Mirin-style cooking seasoning
• Miso Fermented seasoning paste commonly made from soybeans, koji, salt, and sometimes other grains
• Mole sauce / paste Prepared mole family
• Mole verde / pipián verde Mole verde / pipián verde used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Monosodium glutamate seasoning Monosodium glutamate seasoning used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Monterey Jack cheese Monterey Jack cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Morcilla blood sausage Morcilla blood sausage used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Muenster cheese Muenster cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Mung bean sprouts Sprouted mung beans explicitly labeled sprouts
• Mung beans Mung or moong beans are the pulse Vigna radiata, sold whole green, split skin-on, or split hulled yellow. Prepared mung wadi, sprouts, flour, starch, and noodles are separate foods or preparations.
• Mussels Mussels used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Mustard greens Mustard greens used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Mustard seeds Mustard seeds are culinary seeds from mustard Brassica species. Color and species are product-specific
• Nance Nance used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Natto Whole soybeans fermented as natto
• Navy beans Navy beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Nectarines Nectarines used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• New Mexico chile Chile explicitly labeled New Mexico
• Nigella seeds / kalonji Nigella seeds are the culinary seeds of Nigella sativa, commonly called kalonji. English labels such as black cumin or black caraway are ambiguous and do not make nigella cumin or caraway.
• Nixtamalized corn masa Dough or dry flour made from alkali-treated corn
• Nori sheets Culinary sheets of nori/laver sold for wrapping or assembling foods. Sheet identity does not include powdered aonori, kombu, or seasoned/oiled snack pieces.
• Nutmeg Nutmeg spice, with whole and ground forms.
• Nutritional yeast Inactive dried yeast used as a savory seasoning
• Oat flour Oat flour used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Oat milk Plant-based beverage explicitly sold as oat milk
• Oats Oats used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Oaxaca cheese / quesillo Mexican pasta-filata cheese sold as a wound ball or string, made to melt.
• Oaxacan crema Cream explicitly labeled Oaxacan crema
• Octopus Octopus used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Ogbono Ogbono is the culinary kernel or seed product sold as ogbono/apon/African bush mango seed and used to thicken West African soups. Whole and ground presentations are distinct
• Okra Okra used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Olive oil Edible oil pressed from olives. Extra-virgin olive oil is a structured form
• Olive paste Paste of crushed olives and oil, sold as a spread and cooking base. Turkish labels call it zeytin ezmesi.
• Onion Culinary bulb onion, with explicitly recorded colour and preparation where supported.
• Onion salt Onion salt used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Orange stir-fry sauce Orange stir-fry sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Oranges Orange citrus fruit, preserving explicitly identified cultivars. Orange-colored bell peppers are not orange fruit.
• Osmancık rice Turkish long-grain rice cultivar, the everyday pilav rice.
• Oxtail Beef tail, ordinarily sold cross-cut into bone-in sections.
• Oyster mushrooms Oyster mushrooms used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Oyster sauce A prepared savory condiment explicitly sold as oyster sauce or oyster-flavored sauce and supported, for the exact product, by oyster-derived ingredients or an unambiguous manufacturer identity. Vegetarian mushroom-based sauces remain separate unless explicitly modeled.
• Oysters Oysters used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pacaya palm inflorescence The edible immature inflorescence of pacaya palm sold as pacaya for Central American cooking. Package medium and preparation remain product-specific unless explicitly stated.
• Pacific whiting Pacific whiting used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Paella rice Paella rice used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Palm nut concentrate Palm nut concentrate is a prepared concentrated palm-fruit pulp or cream used for dishes such as palm-nut or banga soup. It is distinct from red palm fruit oil, palm-kernel oil, and unprocessed fruit.
• Pancake and waffle mix Pancake and waffle mix used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pandan leaves Fragrant leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius used to perfume rice, sweets, drinks, and savory foods in Southeast Asia.
• Pandequeso mix Colombian pandequeso baking mix explicitly named in receipt
• Paneer A fresh, acid-set South Asian cheese that keeps its shape rather than melting in many cooked dishes.
• Panko breadcrumbs Panko breadcrumbs used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Papaya Papaya used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Paprika Ground dried red-pepper seasoning sold as paprika. Preserve heat, smoke, Hungarian-style and origin claims independently.
• Parboiled white rice White rice explicitly parboiled before milling
• Parmesan cheese Cheese labeled under the broader U.S. Parmesan/Reggiano standard
• Parmigiano-Reggiano PDO Cheese made under the Parmigiano-Reggiano protected specification.
• Parsley Fresh parsley herb leaves and tender stems.
• Passion fruit Passion fruit used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pasta sauce Prepared pasta-sauce family with separate evidenced culinary formulas, including marinara, Alfredo, vodka and other styles. Sauce-base mixes never complete ready-sauce quantities.
• Pastry flour Pastry flour used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pastırma Turkish pressed, air-dried whole-muscle cured beef, typically coated in çemen spice paste.
• Pea shoots Tender pea shoots sold as fresh produce
• Peaches Peaches used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Peanut butter Peanut butter used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Peanut oil Peanut oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Peanuts Peanuts used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pearled barley Barley with some or all bran removed by pearling, sold for direct cooking
• Pears Pears used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pecans Pecans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pecorino Romano Hard sheep's-milk Pecorino Romano cheese
• Pepitas / hulled pumpkin seeds Edible pumpkin seeds with the outer hull/shell removed, sold as pepitas, hulled pumpkin seeds, or pumpkin seed kernels. Roast and salt state are variants
• Pepper Jack cheese Pepper Jack cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pepperoncini Pepperoncini used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Peruvian-style firm fresh cheese / queso peruano A firm fresh Peruvian/Andean-style cheese used as the working cheese target for chuño con queso
• Pesto Prepared pesto family with explicitly evidenced basil, tomato and artichoke formulas. Pesto aioli is not a direct pesto source.
• Pickled cucumbers / gherkins Cucumbers preserved in brine or in vinegar, sold whole or sliced and graded by size. Brine-fermented and vinegar-pickled are materially different foods sharing one English word.
• Pickled pork skin / cueritos Pork skin cured and pickled in vinegar, eaten as a snack and taco component.
• Pigeon peas / gungo peas Cajanus cajan, the Jamaican gungo pea, sold dried whole, canned green, and — as toor dal — split and hulled.
• Piloncillo / panela sugar Piloncillo / panela sugar used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Piloy beans Piloy beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pine nuts Edible seed of several Pinus species, used whole and toasted. Species affects flavour, size and price, and some Asian species carry the documented lingering bitter aftertaste.
• Pineapple Pineapple used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pink beans Pink beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pinto beans Mottled Phaseolus vulgaris cultivar central to Mexican and US-Southwest cooking.
• Pistachios Pistachios used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pita bread Round pocket-style or flat pita bread sold as a finished bread.
• Plain cooking tomato sauce Pourable tomato sauce sold as a basic cooking or canned pantry ingredient. Pasta sauce, marinara, tomato paste, tomato purée, salsa, and fish packed in tomato sauce are separate.
• Plain gnocchi Plain, unfilled gnocchi with base and processing constraints retained. Stuffed, strongly flavored or formula-unknown alternative products do not prove plain gnocchi.
• Plain wheat pasta Plain wheat pasta with supported shape/form constraints. Whole-wheat, alternative-grain, flavored, vegetable and squid-ink products do not establish this bounded identity.
• Plain yogurt Unflavored dairy yogurt. Fat level and style are forms
• Plantain Musa cooking banana, eaten green as a starch and ripe as a sweet vegetable.
• Plums Plum fruit with fresh/dried state retained. Prunes establish dried plums only
• Poblano chiles Poblano chiles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pomegranate Pomegranate used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pomegranate molasses A concentrated tart-sweet pomegranate syrup used as a seasoning in Middle Eastern and adjacent cuisines.
• Ponzu sauce Ponzu sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Popcorn kernels Popcorn kernels used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pork belly (raw) Uncured raw pork belly.
• Pork loin Pork loin cut
• Pork ribs Pork ribs used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pork sausage Pork sausage used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pork shoulder Shoulder primal represented with upper Boston-butt and lower picnic-shoulder forms.
• Pork stew meat Pork stew meat used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pork tenderloin Pork tenderloin used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Portobello mushrooms Fresh mature Agaricus bisporus sold whole or as caps under the name portobello or portabella. Not cremini (baby bella), white button mushrooms, or sliced portobello.
• Potatoes Common potato tubers used as a vegetable/starch.
• Powdered sugar Powdered sugar used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Precooked corn meal for arepas / masarepa Precooked, dried corn meal for arepas and similar breads
• Prekese Prekese is the aromatic fruit/pod of Tetrapleura tetraptera used as a West African culinary seasoning. Whole dried fruit and ground powder are distinct forms
• Prepared kimchi Korean fermented or freshly seasoned vegetable food bought ready to eat, used as banchan and as a cooking ingredient. The concept covers the prepared food itself, not seasoning sold to make it and not kimchi-flavoured products.
• Prepared mustard Prepared mustard used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Prickly pear fruit Prickly pear fruit used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Prosciutto Italian dry-cured ham, including explicitly named Prosciutto di Parma
• Provolone cheese Dairy provolone cheese. Vegan provolone-style slices do not establish dairy provolone.
• Pumpkin Pumpkin used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Pumpkin butter Prepared pumpkin butter spread
• Purple corn Pigmented purple maize sold as whole or cut culinary corn
• Quenepa / mamoncillo Quenepa / mamoncillo used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Queso blanco Cheese explicitly identified as queso blanco. Queso casero is a distinct named identity unless exact equivalence is independently established.
• Queso casero Cheese explicitly sold as queso casero
• Queso de freír Queso de freír used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Queso de mano Queso de mano used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Queso doble crema Queso doble crema used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Queso duro San Miguel Cheese explicitly labeled queso duro San Miguel
• Queso fresco Fresh, mild Mexican-style dairy cheese sold as queso fresco for crumbling or cooking. Queso panela, cotija, plant cheese, and prepared cheese sauce are separate.
• Queso llanero Queso llanero used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Queso Morolique Cheese explicitly labeled queso Morolique
• Queso panela Mexican fresh, mild, non-melting pressed cheese sold in a basket-moulded round.
• Queso quesadilla Cheese explicitly sold as queso quesadilla. This is not every cheese that can melt in a quesadilla
• Queso seco Cheese explicitly named queso seco. Queso duro San Miguel and Morolique are distinct named identities, not synonyms.
• Quinoa Quinoa used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Rack of lamb Rack of lamb used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Radicchio Fresh red-leaved chicory heads sold as radicchio
• Radishes Radishes used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Ramen noodles Ramen noodles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Raspberries Raspberry fruit with supported fresh/frozen state. Chocolate-covered products are confections and do not establish direct raspberries.
• Raw shrimp Raw shrimp used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Red kidney beans / Jamaican 'red peas' Red Phaseolus vulgaris kidney bean
• Red wine Wine explicitly identified as red wine or an evidenced red-wine identity. Sherry is separately modeled, not red-wine equivalence.
• Red wine vinegar Culinary vinegar explicitly made from red wine. Balsamic vinegar, rosé balsamic condiments, and prepared dressings remain separate.
• Refried beans Refried beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Rendered pork lard Rendered pork lard used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Requesón Requesón used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Rhubarb Rhubarb used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Rice cooking wine Rice wine explicitly sold for cooking when the retained receipt does not establish mirin-style seasoning
• Rice flour Flour milled from non-glutinous rice when the rice type is established or the exact product is explicitly identified as ordinary/white rice flour rather than sweet or glutinous rice flour.
• Rice ramen noodles Rice ramen noodles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Rice vinegar Vinegar made from rice
• Rice-paper wrappers Rice-paper wrappers used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Rice-stick noodles Broad unspecified rice-noodle family used for navigation and clarification of retail rice-stick/vermicelli wording. It supplies no universal geometry, formula, preservation state or measured width.
• Ricotta Fresh soft ricotta cheese for cooking or eating.
• Ripe black olives Ripe black olives used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Roasted eggplant pulp Fire-roasted, peeled eggplant flesh sold as a cooking base for dips and stews. It is an ingredient, not a finished dip.
• Romano cheese Romano cheese under the generic Romano identity
• Ryazhenka / fermented baked milk Eastern European cultured dairy made from baked milk
• Rye flour Flour milled from rye grain for breads and other cooking
• Safflower oil Safflower oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Saffron Saffron stigma spice
• Sake Sake used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Salad dressing Prepared salad-dressing family with separately supported formulas. Unknown or contradictory formulas do not complete a specific dressing request
• Salmon Salmon used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Salsa Prepared salsa family with separately evidenced verde, roja, casera, ranchera, taquera and other formula constraints. Generic sourcing may show styles without asserting equivalence.
• Salsa Lizano Salsa Lizano used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Salt cod / bacalao / baccalà Cod cured in salt and sold for desalting before cooking. Species, cure, moisture, cut and bone/skin state are material product facts.
• Salt-preserved lemons Lemons cured in salt/brine so rind and pulp become culinary ingredients.
• Salvadoran chorizo Sausage explicitly labeled salvadoran chorizo. Distinct from fresh Mexican and cured Spanish chorizo
• Salvadoran curtido Salvadoran curtido used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sambal oelek Sambal oelek used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sardines Sardines used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sauerkraut Cabbage fermented or acidified and sold as sauerkraut or kraut for direct eating or cooking. Added vegetables and seasonings remain exact-product facts.
• Sazón seasoning Sazón seasoning used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Scallions / green onions Culinary scallions/green onions.
• Scallops Scallops used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Scotch bonnet chile A very hot, fruity Capsicum chinense chile type important in Caribbean cooking.
• Sea salt Sea salt used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Seasoned salt Salt with explicitly identified seasoning/flavor formula. Plain sea/kosher/Himalayan salts are different direct identities, not seasoned salt.
• Self-rising flour Self-rising flour used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Serrano chiles Serrano chiles used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sesame oil Edible culinary oil explicitly sold as sesame oil or gingelly oil. Toasted and untoasted presentations are variants
• Sesame seeds Sesame seeds used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Shallots Fresh shallot bulbs (Allium cepa, aggregatum group). Not onions, scallions, fried shallots, or dried shallots.
• Shawarma seasoning Shawarma seasoning used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sherry vinegar Culinary sherry vinegar.
• Sherry wine Wine explicitly identified as sherry
• Short-grain white rice White rice explicitly identified as short-grain
• Sichuan peppercorn The dried aromatic pericarp (husk) of Zanthoxylum species used in Chinese cooking as huajiao, valued for citrus aroma and the numbing ma sensation. Red and green huajiao are distinct culinary types.
• Skyr Skyr used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Small red beans Small red dry or canned beans explicitly marketed as such
• Soba noodles Noodles explicitly sold as Japanese soba. Their buckwheat percentage and presence of wheat or other ingredients are product-level facts
• Sofrito Sofrito used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Somen noodles Thin Japanese noodles explicitly sold as somen
• Sorghum flour Flour milled from sorghum grain
• Sorghum syrup Sweet syrup made by concentrating juice from sweet sorghum cane.
• Sour cream Dairy sour cream with explicit formula/style constraints. Non-dairy alternatives and regional crema identities cannot silently inherit generic exact fit.
• Soursop / guanabana Soursop / guanabana used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Soy sauce Generic or all-purpose fermented soy sauce. Chinese light soy sauce and Korean soup soy sauce are distinct structured forms or identities.
• Spaghetti squash Fresh winter squash whose cooked flesh separates into strands, sold as spaghetti squash. Not zucchini, spiralized squash noodles, or pasta.
• Spelt flour Flour milled from spelt wheat
• Spinach Spinach used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Split peas Split peas used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Split red lentils Split red lentils are red/orange Lens culinaris cotyledons sold explicitly split, typically dehulled. Generic red lentils or masoor do not establish split form, and whole masoor is not this target.
• Spring-mix salad greens Spring-mix salad greens used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Spring-roll wrappers Spring-roll wrappers used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sriracha Sriracha used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Steak sauce Steak sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Stockfish Fish preserved by air-drying without the salt-curing step that defines salt cod.
• Strawberries Strawberry fruit with explicit state, sweetening and cut constraints. Mixed fruits and chocolate-covered products do not establish direct strawberry sources.
• Sucuk / sujuk Turkish/Levantine dry fermented spiced beef-and-fat sausage, sold cured or for frying.
• Sugar snap peas Sugar snap peas used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sun-dried tomatoes Tomatoes explicitly sun-dried
• Sunflower seed kernels Shelled sunflower seeds sold as kernels for direct culinary use
• Sunflower sprouts / shoots Fresh young sunflower seedlings sold as sunflower sprouts or shoots. Not sunflower seed kernels or sunflower oil.
• Suya spice / yaji Suya spice, also called yaji, is a named West African seasoning blend used for suya. Formula and peanut status are product-specific
• Sweet basil (Italian/Genovese type) Ordinary Italian sweet basil culinary identity, including Genovese type, explicitly distinct from Thai basil/horapha and holy basil/kraphao. Species alone does not establish cultivar or culinary interchangeability.
• Sweet chili sauce Sweet chili sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sweet potatoes Sweet potatoes used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sweet-and-sour sauce Sweet-and-sour sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sweetened condensed milk Sweetened condensed milk used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Sweetened cream of coconut Sweetened cream of coconut used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Swiss chard Swiss chard used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Swiss cheese Swiss cheese used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Swordfish Swordfish used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Taco sauce Taco sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Taco seasoning Taco seasoning used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Tahini Plain ground sesame paste used as a culinary ingredient.
• Tamarind for cooking Sour-sweet tamarind fruit pulp supplied in forms of different strength and handling.
• Tangelos Tangelos used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Tapioca starch Fine cassava-derived starch used as an ingredient
• Tartar sauce Tartar sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Teff grain Whole teff grain sold for direct cooking
• Tejocote Tejocote used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Tempeh Tempeh used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Teriyaki sauce Prepared teriyaki-style sauce family with glaze/marinade and explicit formula constraints. Baked teriyaki tofu is not a source of teriyaki sauce.
• Textured soy protein Extruded defatted soy flour, dried and rehydrated before cooking.
• Thai green curry paste Prepared Thai green curry paste sold as a cooking paste. Not red, yellow or massaman paste and not a ready curry sauce.
• Thai red curry paste Prepared Thai red curry paste (prik gaeng daeng) sold as a cooking paste. Not green, yellow, massaman or panang paste and not a ready curry sauce.
• Tilapia Tilapia used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Tofu Bean curd made from coagulated soy milk. Firmness and silken versus regular texture are structured forms.
• Tomatillos Tomatillos used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Tomato paste Ordinary concentrated tomato paste sold for cooking, distinct from Turkish domates salçası and from tomato sauce or purée.
• Tomato purée Tomato purée used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Trout Trout used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Tuna Tuna used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Turkey bacon Turkey bacon used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Turkey breast Turkey breast used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Turkey wings Turkey wings used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Turkish concentrated tomato paste / domates salçası Sun-concentrated tomato paste sold at single or double concentration as a cooking base. The concentration is the whole difference in use.
• Turkish kuskus pasta Small round Turkish semolina pasta, boiled in water like any other pasta. It is not the steamed North African semolina of the same English name, and it is not ptitim.
• Turkish pepper paste / biber salçası Concentrated paste of sun-ripened red peppers used as a cooking base. Sold hot (acı) or mild (tatlı), and the two are not interchangeable.
• Turmeric Culinary turmeric rhizome, fresh/dried/ground where evidenced.
• Tvorog / Eastern European fresh curd cheese Fresh pressed or drained cultured curd cheese used in Eastern European sweet and savory cooking
• Tzatziki Tzatziki used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Udon noodles Japanese-style wheat noodles explicitly sold as udon. Dried, frozen, chilled/fresh, and shelf-stable cooked presentations remain distinct forms
• Ume plum vinegar Ume plum vinegar used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Urad / black gram Urad or black gram is the pulse Vigna mungo, sold as whole skin-on beans, split skin-on dal, hulled whole white gota, or split hulled white dal. It is not mung bean or a black lentil.
• Urfa / isot pepper The named Turkish Urfa biber / isot pepper seasoning, commonly encountered as dark processed chile flakes. The proposal identifies the named culinary seasoning without assigning an unobserved cultivar or uniform recipe to all products.
• Vanilla bean paste Vanilla paste sold as a direct baking and flavoring ingredient
• Vanilla beans Vanilla beans used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Vanilla extract Vanilla extract used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Vanilla powder Vanilla powder used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Vegetable oil Vegetable oil used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Venezuelan chorizo Sausage explicitly labeled venezuelan chorizo. Distinct from fresh Mexican and cured Spanish chorizo
• Venezuelan nata / cream Cream explicitly labeled Venezuelan nata
• Walnuts Shelled culinary walnuts, with halves, pieces and chopped preparations treated as forms.
• Watercress Watercress used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Watermelon Watermelon used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Wax beans Yellow-podded snap beans sold as wax beans
• Wheat atta Wheat atta is plain wheat flour sold as atta, chakki atta, or chapati atta for South Asian cooking. Extraction rate, whole-grain status, and wheat variety are product-specific unless explicitly evidenced.
• White button mushrooms White button mushrooms used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• White pepper Piper nigrum berries with the pericarp removed by retting, leaving the pale inner corn.
• White rice (grain length unspecified) White milled rice whose retained receipt does not establish long-, medium-, or short-grain identity
• White wine White wine used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• White wine vinegar Culinary vinegar explicitly made from white wine. Distilled white vinegar, flavored condiments, and prepared dressings remain separate.
• Whole chicken Raw whole chicken carcass for cooking.
• Whole dried ancho chile The whole dried ripe poblano chile, broad and heart-shaped with a mild fruity heat, sold as ancho or chile ancho.
• Whole dried pasilla negro The whole dried chilaca chile — long, narrow, wrinkled and near-black — sold as pasilla, pasilla negro or chile negro.
• Whole duck Raw whole culinary duck carcass, fresh or frozen.
• Whole hominy maize Whole alkali-treated (nixtamalized) corn kernels, sold dried or canned, for pozole and similar dishes.
• Whole-wheat flour Whole-wheat flour used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Wild-rice blend A rice blend explicitly containing/marketed with wild rice
• Worcestershire sauce Worcestershire sauce used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Yellow summer squash Yellow summer squash used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific
• Yufka / Turkish pastry sheets Thin unleavened Turkish dough sheets sold fresh or dried, for börek and wraps. A sheet, not a shredded strand.
• Za'atar blend Levantine blend of dried hyssop-type herb, sumac, sesame and salt. The word also names the wild herb itself
• Zucchini Zucchini used as a direct culinary ingredient. Exact variety, processing, formula, cut, freshness, package and preparation claims remain form- or ProductSKU-specific