Ingredient guide
What the ingredients and E-numbers printed on Australian food labels mean for your diet — the same rules LabelSense uses when you scan a pack. Pick an ingredient to see its verdict for Vegetarian, Eggetarian, Pescetarian, Vegan, Jain and Swaminarayan diets.
Guides
- E-numbers that aren't vegetarian in Australia
- A Jain shopper's guide to Australian supermarket labels
- Swaminarayan label guide: no onion, garlic or hing
Animal-derived (Red)
Egg (Yellow)
Source not stated (Green with a Check flag)
Plant-based or vegetarian (Green)
- Microbial / vegetarian rennet
- Honey & bee products
- Lanolin (E913)
- Lecithin (E322)
- Dairy (milk, whey, casein, ghee)
- Cocoa butter & other dairy-sounding plant ingredients
- Lactic acid & lactates (E270)
- Carnauba wax (E903)
- Agar, pectin & carrageenan
- Onion, leek & chives
- Garlic
- Asafoetida (hing)
- Root vegetables (potato, fresh ginger, konjac…)
- Inulin / chicory root fibre
- Tapioca
- Mushrooms & mycoprotein
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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