Celery, mustard and lupin: the lesser-known allergens on the EU list

Published 2026-10-06 · PlateNote

Corrected 2026-10-14: added the mustard exemption of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2512 (applies from 1 April 2025).

Most people know about peanuts, milk and gluten. Three items on the EU list (Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011) surprise many visitors:

Item 9 — celery and products thereof.
Item 10 — mustard and products thereof. Since 1 April 2025 one mustard product is exempt from declaration: behenic acid of at least 85 % purity, obtained after two distillation steps and used to make the emulsifiers E 470a, E 471 and E 477 (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2512). All other mustard and mustard products must still be declared.
Item 13 — lupin and products thereof.

Because they are on the legal list, EU food businesses must be able to tell you whether a dish contains them — including in sauces, dressings, soups and spice mixes where they are easy to miss. Lupin is a legume; if you are allergic to other legumes, ask your doctor whether lupin matters for you.

The official words

Celery: selderij, Sellerie, céleri, apio, sedano, aipo. Mustard: mosterd, Senf, moutarde, mostaza, senape, mostarda. Lupin: lupine, Lupinen, lupin, altramuces, lupini, tremoço (NL, DE, FR, ES, IT, PT). See the 14-allergen table.

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Celery, mustard and lupin: the lesser-known allergens on the EU list

The official words

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