The 14 EU allergen categories
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires declaration of relevant ingredients and processing aids listed in Annex II that remain in the food. They are generally emphasized in the ingredients list. Specific derivatives are exempt; this is a summary, not the full legal list.
- Cereals containing gluten (including wheat, spelt, khorasan wheat, rye, barley, oats and their hybridised strains)
- Crustaceans (shrimp, crab, lobster)
- Eggs
- Fish
- Peanuts
- Soybeans
- Milk (including lactose)
- Tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecans, Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamias)
- Celery
- Mustard
- Sesame seeds
- Sulphur dioxide and sulphites (>10 mg/kg or >10 mg/l, as total SO₂ in the food ready for consumption)
- Lupin
- Molluscs (mussels, oysters, squid)
'Contains' vs 'May contain traces of'
'Contains' declares an allergen in the food. 'May contain' is a precautionary warning about possible unintended presence. Neither the absence of that warning nor an empty database field proves absence of an allergen.
Reading Polish allergen labels
Allergen names must stand out in an ingredients list, for example through bold type or UPPERCASE. 'Zawiera' means 'contains'. Common terms include mleko (milk), jaja (eggs), pszenica (wheat), soja (soybeans), orzechy (nuts), sezam (sesame), seler (celery) and gorczyca (mustard).
Allergens in TryVit
TryVit displays available recorded allergen information; this does not establish independent verification of the current package. Check the actual label and contact the manufacturer if information is missing or unclear.