A Jain shopper's guide to Australian supermarket labels
In Jain mode, LabelSense reads the label for a vegetarian diet first: anything marked Red (animal-derived) or Yellow (egg) is not suitable. On top of that it looks for the ingredients the app's Jain mode avoids — onion, garlic, root vegetables, fungi and honey — which turn up on Australian packs under many names.
What Jain mode looks for
- Honey & bee products — e.g. honey, beeswax, e901, royal jelly, propolis, bee pollen
- Onion, leek & chives — e.g. onion, onions, onion powder, onion salt, spring onion, shallot, shallots, leek
- Garlic — e.g. garlic, garlic powder, garlic salt, dried garlic, garlic extract
- Root vegetables (potato, fresh ginger, konjac…) — e.g. potato, potatoes, potato starch, potato flour, carrot, carrots, beetroot, beet
- Inulin / chicory root fibre — e.g. inulin, chicory root, chicory root fibre, chicory fibre, chicory
- Tapioca — e.g. tapioca, tapioca starch, tapioca flour
- Mushrooms & mycoprotein — e.g. mushroom, mushrooms, shiitake, porcini, enoki, champignon, truffle, truffle oil
What Jain mode does not flag
Asafoetida (hing), turmeric and dried or powdered ginger (sonth) are not flagged in Jain mode. Fresh ginger, potatoes and other root vegetables are, wherever they appear on a label.
Ingredients worth checking
Additives whose source a label rarely states — such as emulsifier 471, enzymes or rennet — show as “Check the source” rather than a guess. See the E-number guide for the full list.
Results come from reading the label. Always check the pack yourself, especially for allergies. Ingredient sources can change without notice — when a label doesn't settle it, ask the manufacturer.
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