Coconut oil: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in coconut oil?

Of 412 packs of coconut oil whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list tree nuts. Another 3% carry a “may contain” line for sesame and 3% for tree nuts. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

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.

What is coconut oil usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of coconut oil list, with the share of packs that list each: coconut oil (92%) and virgin coconut oil (26%).

• Coconut oil92%
• Virgin coconut oil26%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 682 · United States 283 · Germany 173 · Spain 156.

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 coconut oil.

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 coconut oil?

In the Open Food Facts categories, coconut oil is a kind of fruit and fruit seed oils.

What else is coconut oil called?

French

Huiles de coco, Huiles de noix de coco

German

Kokosöle, Kokosnussöle

Spanish

Aceites de coco

Italian

Olio di cocco

Dutch

Kokosoliën

Portuguese

Óleos de coco

Polish

Oleje kokosowe, olej kokosowy

Swedish

Kokosnötsoljor, Kokosnötsolja

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: Coconut oil

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