Ingredients We Don’t Allow in Our Food

The list of no-gos. It can be a difficult process, and the answers are not always easy, but we know our food ingredient standar
grown, raised, processed and experienced around the world.

Banned Ingredients
2,4,5-trihydroxybutyrophenone (THBP)
acetone peroxides
advantame
aluminum starch octenylsuccinate
ammonium chloride
apricot kernel/extract
azodicarbonamide
Bacopa 
benzoates
benzoyl peroxide
beta-cyclodextrin
bleached flour
burnt alum
calcium benzoate
calcium peroxide
calcium sorbate
caprocaprylobehenin
certified colors
cochineal
dimethyl Silicone
disodium 5'-ribonucleotides
disodium EDTA
dodecyl gallate
ethoxyquin
ethylene glycol
FD&C Blue No. 2
FD&C Red No. 3
FD&C Yellow No. 6
Ginkgo biloba
He shou wu
high-fructose corn syrup/HFCS
inosine monophosphate
kava/kava kava
ma huang
methylparaben
monopotassium glutamate
natamycin (okay in cheese-rind wax)
nitrites (synthetic)
Orange B
polydextrose
potassium bisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
potassium nitrate
potassium sorbate
propionic acid
propylene oxide
pyridine (synthetic)
salatrim (short and long chain acyl triglyceride molecule)
sodium acid sulfate
sodium aluminum sulfate
sodium cyclamate
sodium metabisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
sodium saccharin
sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
stannous chloride
sucroglycerides
sucrose polyester
TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
toluene

Note to product suppliers: This list is intended for our shoppers; it’s not for use in formulating products. Creating a produ
guarantee that we will sell it.
 Ingredients We Don’t Allow in Our Food
and the answers are not always easy, but we know our food ingredient standards are part of how we’ve changed the way food is
grown, raised, processed and experienced around the world.

Banned Ingredients
acesulfame-K
acetylated esters of mono- and diglycerides
aluminum ammonium sulfate
aluminum sulfate
ammonium saccharin
aspartame
Bacillus coagulans Unique IS-2
bacteriophage preparation
benzoic acid
benzyl alcohol
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)
bromated flour
butylparaben
calcium bromate
calcium propionate
calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate
carmine
charcoal powder
DATEM
dimethylpolysiloxane
disodium calcium EDTA
disodium guanylate
EDTA
ethyl acrylate (synthetic)
eugenyl methyl ether (synthetic)
FD&C Colors
FD&C Red No. 40
foie gras
GMP
heptylparaben
hjijiki
insect Flour
lactic acid esters of monoglycerides
Melatonin
microparticularized whey protein derived fat substitute
monosodium glutamate
neotame
octyl gallate
partially hydrogenated oils
potassium alum
potassium bromate
 potassium nitrite
propane-1,2-Diol esters of fatty acids
propyl gallate
propylparaben
saccharin
shark cartilage
sodium alum
sodium benzoate
sodium diacetate
sodium nitrate/nitrite (synthetic)
sodium sorbate
sodium sulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
succistearin
sucrose acetate isobutyrate
sulfites (okay in wine, mead, cider)
tetrasodium EDTA
tonka bean/extract

nded for our shoppers; it’s not for use in formulating products. Creating a product with no unacceptable ingredients does not
guarantee that we will sell it.
Our Food
ingredient standards are part of how we’ve changed the way food is
d the world.

acetoin (synthetic)
activated charcoal
aluminum potassium sulfate
ammonium alum
ammonium sulfate
azo dyes
bacillus subtilis DE111
bentonite
benzophenone
Benzyl benzoate
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
brominated vegetable oil
caffeine (extended release)
calcium disodium EDTA
calcium saccharin
canthaxanthin
CBD/cannabidiol
Citrus Red No. 2
diacetyl (synthetic)
dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS)
disodium dihydrogen EDTA
disodium inosinate
erythrosine
ethyl vanillin (synthetic)
FD&C Blue No. 1
FD&C Green No. 3
FD&C Yellow No. 5
gardenia blue
gold/gold leaf
hexa-, hepta- and octa-esters of sucrose
hydrogenated oils
iron oxide
lactylated esters of mono- and diglycerides
methyl silicon
monoammonium glutamate
myrcene (synthetic)
nitrates (synthetic)
olestra
plant sterols
potassium benzoate
potassium metabisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
 potassium propionate
propionates
propylene glycol esters of fatty acids
pulegone (synthetic)
saccharin sodium salt
smoke flavor (synthetic)
sodium aluminum phosphate
sodium bisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
sodium lauryl sulfate
sodium propionate
sodium stearoyl lactylate
sorbic acid
sucralose
sucrose ester
sulfur dioxide (okay in wine, mead, cider)
thiodipropionic acid
vanillin (synthetic)

s. Creating a product with no unacceptable ingredients does not