Coconut sugar: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in coconut sugar?

Of 77 packs of coconut sugar whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 1% list milk, 1% list sesame, 1% list soy and 1% list tree nuts. Another 10% carry a “may contain” line for sesame, 10% for tree nuts and 4% for gluten. 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 sugar usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of coconut sugar list, with the share of packs that list each: coconut sugar (99%).

• Coconut sugar99%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 181 · Spain 37 · Germany 35 · Belgium 13.

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 sugar.

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 sugar?

In the Open Food Facts categories, coconut sugar is one of the coconuts and their products.

What else is coconut sugar called?

French

Sucres de coco, sucres de fleur de coco

German

Kokoszucker

Spanish

Azúcar de coco

Italian

Zucchero di cocco, Zucchero di coco

Dutch

Kokossuiker

Portuguese

Açúcar de coco

Swedish

Kokossocker

Danish

Kokossukre, Kokossukker

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 sugar

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