Biscuit Pieces
Also known as: cookie pieces
Biscuit pieces are a composite ingredient typically high in refined wheat flour, added sugar, and saturated fat from baking shortenings. The dietary concern is contribution to added-sugar and refined-carbohydrate intake; component ingredients are otherwise standard foods.
What it is
Crumbled or fragmented baked biscuit/cookie material — typically wheat flour, sugar, fat, and leavening — added as inclusions to other formulated foods.
Provides texture, sweetness, and baked-goods flavor in ice creams, cereal bars, yogurt toppings, and confectionery.
Why it's flagged
- wheat allergen
- added sugar
- refined carbohydrates
- may contain palm oil or other saturated fats
What regulators actually say
"The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA) identifies eight foods or food groups as the major food allergens. They are milk, eggs, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans."
"Annex II — Substances or products causing allergies or intolerances: Cereals containing gluten, namely: wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut..."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Composed of standard food ingredients; subject to allergen labeling under FALCPA (wheat).
European Union — EFSA
Composed of standard food ingredients; cereals containing gluten declared under Regulation (EU) 1169/2011.
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