Guide
How to label risotto and rice pots
Sealed risotto and rice pots packed ahead need PPDS labels. Stock, butter, cheese, soy sauce and seafood mix-ins are the allergen drivers — rice itself is not one of the 14.
Reviewed against official guidance.SourcesNot legal advice.
The short answer
Sealed risotto and rice pots packed ahead need PPDS labels. Stock, butter, cheese, soy sauce and seafood mix-ins are the allergen drivers — rice itself is not one of the 14.
Decide PPDS using the FSA packing-before-selection test, then put name and ingredients with allergen emphasis on packs that meet it.
How to apply it
Sealed risotto and rice pots packed ahead need PPDS labels. Stock, butter, cheese, soy sauce and seafood mix-ins are the allergen drivers — rice itself is not one of the 14. Decide PPDS using the FSA packing-before-selection test, then put name and ingredients with allergen emphasis on packs that meet it. Walk the product in front of you against the checklist below before you print. The mistake to refuse is: Stock and cheese change that.
- List stock, dairy and mix-ins
- Emphasise milk, celery, fish, soya, crustaceans as present
- Watch Worcestershire and soy
- Different pots need different labels
Worked example
Worked example for “How to label risotto and rice pots”: take one real SKU you sell this week. Apply the first check — list stock, dairy and mix-ins. Then contrast it with emphasise milk, celery, fish, soya, crustaceans as 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. (Sealed risotto and rice pots packed ahead need PPDS labels.)
Checklist before you print
| Check | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| List stock, dairy and mix-ins | For “How to label risotto and rice pots”, “List stock, dairy and mix-ins” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Emphasise milk, celery, fish, soya, crustaceans as present | For “How to label risotto and rice pots”, “Emphasise milk, celery, fish, soya, crustaceans as present” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Watch Worcestershire and soy | For “How to label risotto and rice pots”, “Watch Worcestershire and soy” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Different pots need different labels | For “How to label risotto and rice pots”, “Different pots need different labels” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
Assuming rice dishes are allergen-light
Stock and cheese change that.
Go deeper
Next: Stock cubes. Celery and gluten cereals. Then paste your ingredients into the free generator and confirm allergens before you print.
Questions
Do I emphasise rice?
What about egg fried rice?
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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