Common ingredients for New Zealand

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

• Beef (beef)
• Beef stock (beef stock)
• Beef tallow (beef tallow)

  Sometimes labeled as dripping

• Beer (beer)
• Butter (butter)
• Caramel color (caramel color)
• Carrot (carrot)
• Chicken (chicken)
• Cornstarch (cornstarch)

  Commonly called cornflour in NZ

• Cream of tartar (cream of tartar)
• Egg (egg)
• Egg white (egg white)
• Flour (flour)
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (hydrolyzed vegetable protein)
• Lamb (lamb)
• Milk powder (milk powder)
• Onion (onion)
• Pork (pork)
• Potato (potato)
• Salt (salt)
• Sweet potato (sweet potato)

  Often referred to as Kūmara

• Vinegar (vinegar)
• Whipped cream (whipped cream)
• White fish (white fish)
• Worcestershire sauce (worcestershire sauce)