Example label

Pizza slice PPDS label example

A pizza slice wrapped before sale contains wheat and milk at a minimum. Toppings change the rest: pepperoni often contains milk and sulphites, pesto adds more milk, and a vegan cheese is often soya.

Reviewed 23 September 2026 against official guidance.SourcesNot legal advice.

The label

Ingredients (teaching narrative)

Wheat flour, tomato, mozzarella (milk), pepperoni (milk, sulphites), olive oil, yeast.

Wheat — base
Milk — mozzarella and often the pepperoni
Sulphites — cured meat, if present

What this teaches

A Margherita and a pepperoni slice do not share one label if the meat brings extra allergens.

Is this PPDS?

Slices boxed or bagged before the customer chooses them are PPDS. A slice cut from a pie and served immediately in a restaurant may not be.

Questions

Is tomato sauce an allergen?

Tomatoes are not one of the 14. Some sauces contain celery or wheat. Check the tin or the batch.

Is vegan cheese milk?

A dairy-free cheese is not milk. It is often soya or coconut. Label the one you used.

Official sources

Everything on this page traces back to these. Where they and we disagree, they are right — tell us and we'll fix it.

Labelling guidance for prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food productsFood Standards Agency / GOV.UK
Introduction to allergen labelling for PPDS foodFood Standards Agency / GOV.UK