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Caramel: allergens and what’s inside

Of 326 packs of caramel whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 70% list milk and 21% list soy. Another 27% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list sugar, glucose syrup and salt.

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Not for you

for a milk allergy profile, on 70% of these packs

Which allergens are in caramel?

Of 326 packs of caramel whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 70% list milk, 21% list soy, 6% list tree nuts and 6% list gluten. Another 27% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 13% for soy and 11% for gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyNot for you70% list milk; 5% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up21% list soy; 13% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Tree nut allergyHeads up6% list tree nuts; 27% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up6% list gluten; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up4% list egg; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up2% list sulphites.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

Read the milk guide · Read the soy guide

What is caramel usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of caramel list, with the share of packs that list each: sugar (94%), glucose syrup (68%), salt (63%) and butter (49%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 794 · Spain 265 · United States 73 · Germany 47.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for caramel.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is caramel?

In the Open Food Facts categories, caramel is a kind of confectionery.

Kinds of caramelSalted butter caramelLiquid caramelSoft caramel candy

What else is caramel called?

French
Caramels
German
Karamellen
Spanish
Caramelos
Italian
Caramello
Dutch
Caramels

Bravoora reads every pack for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Caramel

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