Common ingredients for Mauritius

These are common ingredients you may see on packaging and menus in Mauritius. Local words are left unchanged so they stay readable in the original language; translate this page if you want supporting text and English names in your own language.

• Bicarbonate de soude (baking soda)
• Bouillon de poulet (chicken broth)
• Bouillon poulet (chicken bouillon powder)

  Commonly referred to as 'Cube Maggi'

• Colorant (food coloring)

  Often used in desserts and traditional sweets

• Cumin (cumin)

  Koumin

  Often used in Mauritian curries

• Di-le (milk)

  Mauritian Creole for milk

• Disel (salt)

  Mauritian Creole for salt

• Extrait d'amande (almond extract)
• Farine (wheat flour)

  Refers to wheat flour

• Ghee (ghee)
• Glace (ice cream)

  Standard term for ice cream

• L'huile (vegetable oil)

  General term for vegetable cooking oil

• L'huile de sésame (sesame oil)
• Lay*** (garlic)

  Lay

  Mauritian Creole for garlic

• MSG (monosodium glutamate)

  Vetsin

  Commonly known as 'Vetsin' in local markets

• Patat (potato)

  Mauritian Creole for potato

• Polle (chicken)

  Poul

  Mauritian Creole for chicken

• Sauce huître (oyster sauce)
• Sauce soja (soy sauce)

  Commonly referred to as 'Soya'

• Suk (sugar)

  Mauritian Creole for sugar

• Yogurt (yogurt)
• Zanzam (ginger)

  Janjam

  Mauritian Creole for ginger

• Ze (egg)

  Mauritian Creole for egg

• Zonion (onion)

  Mauritian Creole for onion

• Zonion vert (green onion)