Example label
Hummus and vegetable box label example
A worked hummus and vegetable box label for UK PPDS rules: name of the food, full ingredients, allergens emphasised. Tahini means sesame.
Reviewed against official guidance.SourcesNot legal advice.
The label
Ingredients (teaching narrative)
Chickpeas, tahini, lemon, oil, raw vegetables.
- See ingredients narrative — emphasise every allergen present.
What this teaches
Tahini means sesame.
Is this PPDS?
If this item is packed on your premises before the customer chooses it, treat it as PPDS: name + full ingredients with allergens emphasised.
Questions
Is this always PPDS?
Only if it is packed before selection and sold by the same business from the same premises or location. Packed to order is different.
Can I copy this label exactly?
Use it as a teaching example. Your supplier specs and recipe weights must drive your real label.
Official sources
Everything on this page traces back to these. Where they and we disagree, they are right — tell us and we'll fix it.
- Labelling guidance for prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food productsFood Standards Agency / GOV.UK
- Introduction to allergen labelling for PPDS foodFood Standards Agency / GOV.UK
Typical sectors: Delis & farm shops.