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Natural Spices

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'Natural spices' is an umbrella term that does not identify the specific spices used. Most individual spices are GRAS, but consumers cannot identify allergens or sensitivities from this label alone.

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What it is

Generic umbrella term for unspecified culinary spices.

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What regulators actually say

"The term 'spice' means any aromatic vegetable substance in the whole, broken, or ground form... whose primary function in food is seasoning rather than nutritional."

21 CFR 101.22 - Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives — accessdata.fda.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Permitted under spice GRAS umbrella (21 CFR 182.10); 'spices' is an acceptable collective ingredient label.

European Union — EFSA

Spices permitted; specific labeling rules vary.

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