Farm Link, Hawaiʻi

Ingredients Standards (11/28/23)

Acceptable Ingredients

Citric acid

Cultured dextrose

Unacceptable Ingredients:

Partially-Hydrogenated oils

FD&C Colors (Synthetic Colors)

Preservatives (reviewed on a case by case basis, weighing the benefits)

Sweeteners (Acesulfame-K, Advantame, Allulose, Aspartame-acesulfame salt, Cyclamates (not available at other grocery retailers in the U.S. since it is prohibited in U.S. by FDA), Neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, Saccharin, Sucralose)

Flour (bleached with benzoyl peroxide or bromated with the addition of potassium bromate)

2, 4, 5-trihydroxybutyrophenone (THBP)

5-HTP

acesulfame-K

acetoin (synthetic)

acetone peroxides

acetylated esters of mono- and diglycerides

advantame

alkanna tinctoria

allulose

aluminum ammonium sulfate

aluminum potassium sulfate

aluminum starch octenylsuccinate

aluminum sulfate

ammonium alum

ammonium chloride

ammonium saccharin

ammonium sulfate

apricot kernel/extract

aspartame

azo dyes

azodicarbonamide

Bacillus coagulans Unique IS-2

Bacillus coagulans ProDURA UABc-20

bacopa 

bentonite

benzoates

benzoic acid

benzophenone

benzoyl peroxide

benzyl alcohol

Benzyl benzoate

beta-cyclodextrin

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)

black soldier fly

bleached flour

blessed thistle

bromated flour

brominated vegetable oil

burnt alum

butylparaben

bryonia root

caffeine (extended release)

calcium benzoate

calcium bromate

calcium disodium EDTA

calcium peroxide

calcium propionate

calcium saccharin

calcium sorbate

calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate

canthaxanthin

caprocaprylobehenin

carmine

CBD/cannabidiol

certified colors

charcoal powder

Cottonseed oil

Citrus Red No. 2

cochineal

cyclodextrin

diacetyl (synthetic)

dimethyl silicone

dimethylpolysiloxane

dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS)

disodium 5'-ribonucleotides

disodium calcium EDTA

disodium dihydrogen EDTA

disodium EDTA

disodium guanylate

disodium inosinate

disodium iron EDTA

Disodium phosphate

dodecyl gallate

EDTA

erythrosine

ethoxyquin

ethyl acrylate (synthetic)

ethyl vanillin (synthetic)

ethylene glycol

eugenyl methyl ether (synthetic)

FD&C Blue No. 1

FD&C Blue No. 2

FD&C Colors

FD&C Green No. 3

FD&C Red No. 3

FD&C Red No. 40

FD&C Yellow No. 5

FD&C Yellow No. 6

fumaric acid

gamma aminobutyric acid

gardenia blue

Garcinia cambogia

Ginkgo biloba

GMP

gold/gold leaf

Grapefruit seed extract

Hawaiian black salt

He shou wu

heptylparaben

hexa-, hepta- and octa-esters of sucrose

highly branched cyclic dextrin

high-fructose corn syrup/HFCS

hjijiki

hydrogenated oils

inosine monophosphate

iron oxide

lactic acid esters of monoglycerides

lactylated esters of mono- and diglycerides

ma huang

magnesium lactate

mechanically separated meat

melatonin

methyl silicon

methylparaben

microparticularized whey protein derived fat substitute

monoammonium glutamate

monopotassium glutamate

mucuna pruriens

myrcene (synthetic)

Nature identical flavors

natamycin (okay in cheese-rind wax)

neotame

nitrites (synthetic)

octyl gallate

olestra

Orange B

Palm oil

partially hydrogenated oils

plant sterols

polydextrose

polyvinylpolypyrrolidone

polyvinylpyrrolidone

potassium alum

potassium benzoate

potassium bisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

potassium bromate

potassium metabisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

potassium nitrate

potassium nitrite

potassium propionate

potassium sorbate

propane-1,2-Diol esters of fatty acids

propionates

propionic acid

propyl gallate

propylene glycol esters of fatty acids

propylene glycol mono- and diesters of fats and fatty acids

propylene oxide

propylparaben

pulegone (synthetic)

pyridine (synthetic)

saccharin

saccharin sodium salt

salatrim (short and long chain acyl triglyceride molecule)

shark cartilage

smoke flavor (synthetic)

sodium acid sulfate

sodium alum

sodium aluminum phosphate

sodium aluminum sulfate

sodium benzoate

sodium bisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

sodium cyclamate

sodium diacetate

sodium lauryl sulfate

sodium metabisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

sodium nitrate/nitrite (synthetic)

sodium propionate

sodium saccharin

sodium sorbate

sodium stearoyl lactylate

sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

sodium sulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

sorbic acid

soy leghemoglobin

stannous chloride

succistearin

sucralose

sucroglycerides

sucrose acetate isobutyrate

sucrose ester

sucrose polyester

sulfites (okay in wine, mead, cider)

sulfur dioxide (okay in wine, mead, cider)

synthetic caffeine

TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)

tetrasodium EDTA

thiodipropionic acid

toluene

tonka bean/extract

vanillin (synthetic)

whale oil