Resources (UK)
This page collects the official UK guidance and legislation we reference when designing and testing the Recipe Builder outputs.
Last reviewed: 16 January 2026
Note: Guidance and legislation can change. Wherever possible we link to the publisher’s official page so you’re always seeing the current version.
Friendly reminder: this is guidance and signposting — you remain responsible for compliance, supplier specs, and final label checks.
Quick links
- Food labelling overview
- Ingredients lists and allergens
- PPDS (Natasha’s Law
- Precautionary allergen labelling (PAL)
- Nutrition labelling
- Front-of-pack (FoP) nutrition labels
- UK food composition dataset (CoFID)
- Key legislation
Food labelling overview
- GOV.UK — Food labelling and packaging (overview)
- GOV.UK — Food labelling: giving food information to consumers
Ingredients lists and allergens
- GOV.UK — Ingredients list rules (including how allergens must be emphasised)
- FSA — Allergen guidance for food businesses
- FSA — Allergen information and labelling for consumers (plain-English overview)
PPDS (Natasha’s Law)
- FSA — Labelling guidance for PPDS food products
- FSA — Introduction to PPDS allergen labelling changes
- FSA — PPDS overview page
Precautionary allergen labelling (PAL)
Nutrition labelling
- FSA — Nutrition labelling (overview + supporting PDF link)
- GOV.UK — Nutrition, health claims and supplement labelling (hub)
Front-of-pack (FoP) nutrition labels
- GOV.UK — Front of Pack nutrition labelling guidance (DHSC)
- FoP PDF — A guide to creating a front of pack (FoP) nutrition label…
UK food composition dataset (CoFID)
- GOV.UK — Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) publication page
- CoFID 2021 PDF (dataset documentation)
Key legislation
- legislation.gov.uk — The Food Information Regulations 2014 (UK)
- legislation.gov.uk — Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 (Food Information to Consumers) (assimilated/retained context)
- legislation.gov.uk — Annex II (the list of declarable allergens)
A note on PDFs
Where possible, we link to HTML pages first because they’re easier to search, read on mobile, and keep accessible. PDFs are included only as optional downloads when the publisher provides them.