Common ingredients for Netherlands

These are common ingredients you may see on packaging and menus in Netherlands. 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.

• aardappel (potato)
• amandelextract (almond extract)
• azijn (vinegar)
• bijenwas (beeswax)

  Sometimes E901.

• boter (butter)
• buikspek (pork belly)
• ei (egg)
• garnaal (shrimp)
• gelatine (gelatin)
• gist (yeast)
• leb (rennet)

  Sometimes listed as 'stremsel'.

• melk (milk)
• ontbijtspek (bacon)
• reuzel (lard)
• runderbouillon (beef broth)
• runderfond (beef stock)
• rundvet (beef fat)
• rundvlees (beef)
• sojasaus (soy sauce)
• suiker (sugar)
• tarwebloem (wheat flour)
• ui (onion)
• varkensvlees (pork)
• wei (whey)
• worcestershiresaus (worcestershire sauce)

  Often contains anchovies.