Guide
How to label food that contains lupin
When lupin flour or lupin ingredients are used, emphasise lupin in the ingredients list. It appears in some bakery and gluten-free products and is easy to miss if you only scan for wheat.
Reviewed against official guidance.SourcesNot legal advice.
The short answer
When lupin flour or lupin ingredients are used, emphasise lupin in the ingredients list. It appears in some bakery and gluten-free products and is easy to miss if you only scan for wheat.
Emphasise Annex II allergens inside the ingredients list — bold, capitals, colour or underline — as set out in FSA allergen labelling guidance.
How to apply it
When lupin flour or lupin ingredients are used, emphasise lupin in the ingredients list. It appears in some bakery and gluten-free products and is easy to miss if you only scan for wheat. Emphasise Annex II allergens inside the ingredients list — bold, capitals, colour or underline — as set out in FSA allergen labelling guidance. Walk the product in front of you against the checklist below before you print. The mistake to refuse is: They can still contain lupin, egg, milk or soya.
- Read gluten-free and high-protein mixes
- Emphasise lupin when present
- Do not confuse lupin with soya
- Train staff that lupin is one of the 14
Worked example
Worked example for “How to label food that contains lupin”: take one real SKU you sell this week. Apply the first check — read gluten-free and high-protein mixes. Then contrast it with emphasise lupin when present. Write the name of the food and the full ingredients list from today’s recipe and supplier specs, emphasise every Annex II allergen each time it appears, and only then print. If the pack in your hand does not match that list, it is not ready for sale. (When lupin flour or lupin ingredients are used, emphasise lupin in the ingredients list.)
Checklist before you print
| Check | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Read gluten-free and high-protein mixes | For “How to label food that contains lupin”, “Read gluten-free and high-protein mixes” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Emphasise lupin when present | For “How to label food that contains lupin”, “Emphasise lupin when present” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Do not confuse lupin with soya | For “How to label food that contains lupin”, “Do not confuse lupin with soya” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Train staff that lupin is one of the 14 | For “How to label food that contains lupin”, “Train staff that lupin is one of the 14” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
Assuming gluten-free mixes are free of all 14
They can still contain lupin, egg, milk or soya.
Go deeper
Next: Lupin on food labels. Where it hides. Then paste your ingredients into the free generator and confirm allergens before you print.
Questions
Is lupin common in the UK?
Do I emphasise “lupin flour” or “lupin”?
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.
- Introduction to allergen labelling for PPDS foodFood Standards Agency / GOV.UK
- Labelling guidance for prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food productsFood Standards Agency / GOV.UK
- Food allergen labelling and information requirements technical guidanceFood Standards Agency / GOV.UK
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