Guide
How to label stuffed pasta and ravioli
Sealed pasta pots and packs prepared before selection need PPDS labels. Pasta usually means wheat and egg; fillings bring milk, fish, nuts or celery.
Reviewed against official guidance.SourcesNot legal advice.
The short answer
Sealed pasta pots and packs prepared before selection need PPDS labels. Pasta usually means wheat and egg; fillings bring milk, fish, nuts or celery.
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 pasta pots and packs prepared before selection need PPDS labels. Pasta usually means wheat and egg; fillings bring milk, fish, nuts or celery. 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: The pasta is an ingredient too.
- Declare pasta dough allergens
- Break out fillings
- Emphasise wheat, egg, milk as present
- Sauces packed with the pasta belong on the list
Worked example
Worked example for “How to label stuffed pasta and ravioli”: take one real SKU you sell this week. Apply the first check — declare pasta dough allergens. Then contrast it with break out fillings. 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 pasta pots and packs prepared before selection need PPDS labels.)
Checklist before you print
| Check | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Declare pasta dough allergens | For “How to label stuffed pasta and ravioli”, “Declare pasta dough allergens” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Break out fillings | For “How to label stuffed pasta and ravioli”, “Break out fillings” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Emphasise wheat, egg, milk as present | For “How to label stuffed pasta and ravioli”, “Emphasise wheat, egg, milk as present” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
| Sauces packed with the pasta belong on the list | For “How to label stuffed pasta and ravioli”, “Sauces packed with the pasta belong on the list” is the check that stops the pack drifting from what you actually sell. |
Labelling only the sauce
The pasta is an ingredient too.
Go deeper
Next: Cereals containing gluten. Wheat in pasta. Then paste your ingredients into the free generator and confirm allergens before you print.
Questions
Is egg-free pasta free of all allergens?
What about gluten-free ravioli?
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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