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01 — Labels

How to Read a Truffle Product Label

Learn how to read the ingredients, declared truffle percentage, added flavouring and origin on a truffle product label.

02Explanation

Read in this order: ingredients, declared truffle percentage, flavouring wording, then origin. QUID means quantitative ingredient declaration, usually expressed as a percentage; it may be required when an ingredient is emphasized in the name or image or is essential to the food’s character. Truffle percentage and the source percentage of a flavouring component are different figures.

Label anatomy: reading orderIngredient list: Read in descending order of weight at the time of use.. QUID: Quantity indication may be required when an ingredient is named or emphasized.. Flavouring wording: The 95% threshold for “natural” flavouring with a named source concerns the flavouring component, not the whole product.. Origin statement: Where given, a primary ingredient of another origin may trigger specific rules.01Ingredient list02QUID03Flavouring wording04Origin statement
Label anatomy: reading orderFour zones checked in this order; the schematic depicts no real product or specific label.Evidence basis: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on food information · Commission Notice on QUID · Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 on flavourings · Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/775 on primary ingredient origin
  1. 01Ingredient list — Read in descending order of weight at the time of use.
  2. 02QUID — Quantity indication may be required when an ingredient is named or emphasized.
  3. 03Flavouring wording — The 95% threshold for “natural” flavouring with a named source concerns the flavouring component, not the whole product.
  4. 04Origin statement — Where given, a primary ingredient of another origin may trigger specific rules.
  • note the ingredient name and its order in the list
  • separate the origin statement from species identity

03What we know

04Not the same as

  • declared laboratory-proven

    A label and a laboratory result answer different questions.

  • Istria as a marketing expression PDO specification

    A geographic word is not automatically a protected designation.

05Related records

06Sources