Example label
Smoked salmon bagel label example
A smoked salmon bagel packed before sale contains fish and milk. The bagel itself is wheat, and malt extract adds barley on many UK bagels. Capers can bring sulphites.
Reviewed against official guidance.SourcesNot legal advice.
The label
Ingredients (teaching narrative)
Wheat bagel (wheat flour, barley malt extract), smoked salmon (fish), cream cheese (milk), capers (sulphites).
- Wheat and barley — bagel
- Fish — salmon
- Milk — cream cheese
- Sulphites — if the capers are preserved with them
What this teaches
A plain flour bagel and a malt bagel are different labels. Check the bakery specification.
Is this PPDS?
Bagels boxed in the morning for a chill counter are PPDS. One spread at the counter in front of the customer is not.
Questions
Is smoked salmon fish?
Yes. Emphasise fish.
Why barley on a bagel?
Many bagel doughs include barley malt extract. It is a cereal containing gluten and must be emphasised.
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
Typical sectors: Cafés, Delis & farm shops.