Terms for Common Allergens
This article contains a list of common food ingredients and the allergies with which they're associated.
Terms for Common Allergens
Check labels and ingredient lists for the following words, which indicate the presence of a particular allergen.
| Allergen Ingredient Term | Ingredient Term |
| Milk | Milk |
| Buttermilk | |
| Casein | |
| Caseinate | |
| Cheese | |
| Cottage cheese | |
| Cream | |
| Curds | |
| Ghee | |
| Ice cream | |
| Nonfat milk solids | |
| Whey | |
| Yogurt | |
| Casein Hydrolysate | Sodium caseinate |
| Dried milk solids | |
| Lactate solids | |
| Lactoalbumin | |
| Lactoglobulin | |
| Milk solid pastes | |
| Sweetened condensed milk | |
| Whey or whey solids | |
| Egg | Albumin |
| Dried egg solids | |
| Egg white | |
| Globulin | |
| Livetin | |
| Ovalbumin | |
| Ovoglobulin | |
| Ovomucin | |
| Ovomucoid | |
| Ovovitellin | Vitellin |
| Corn | Fresh, canned, or creamed corn |
| Cornmeal | |
| Hominy or corn grits | |
| Maize | |
| Popcorn/corn solids | Cornstarch |
| Baking powder (unless corn-free) | |
| Corn syrup | |
| Dextrose | |
| Vegetable gum | |
| Vegetable starch | |
| Dextrin/Maltodextrins/Fructose/Lactic Acid | Glucose |
| Alcohol | |
| Corn flour | |
| Corn oil | |
| Corn sugar | |
| Food starch -- modified | |
| Sorbitol | |
| Vinegar | |
| Legume | Acacia gum |
| Arabic gum | |
| Carob | |
| Haraya gum | |
| Locust bean gum | |
| Tragacanth | |
| Soy | Soy protein |
| Garden or veggie burgers | |
| Hydrolyzed vegetable protein | |
| Lecithin | |
| Miso | |
| Modified food starch | |
| Soy concentrate | |
| Soya flour | |
| Soybean | |
| Soy cheese | |
| Soy milk | |
| Soy sauce | |
| Soy yogurt | |
| Tempeh | |
| Tofu | |
| TVP (textured vegetable protein) | |
| Vegetable protein concentrate | |
| Wheat | Wheat |
| All-purpose flour | |
| Bran | |
| Cake flour | |
| Farina, or Cream of Wheat | |
| Gluten flour | |
| Graham | |
| Graham flour | |
| Malt or cereal extract | |
| Modified food starch | |
| Pastry flour | |
| Semolina | |
| Wheat germ |