ingredient vs food product

ingredient and food product both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ingredient	Yes	No	No	No
food product	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, food product is a hypernym of ingredient; that is, food product is a word with a broader meaning than ingredient:

Other hypernyms of ingredient include foodstuff.

ingredient (noun)	food product (noun)
a component of a mixture or compound	a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
an abstract part of something
food that is a component of a mixture in cooking