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Natural sugar substitutes: allergens and what’s inside

Of 164 packs of natural sugar substitutes whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list milk and 1% list gluten.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

Which allergens are in natural sugar substitutes?

Of 164 packs of natural sugar substitutes whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list milk and 1% list gluten. Another 3% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 3% for soy and 2% for milk. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyHeads up2% list milk; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% list gluten; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Soy allergyHeads up3% carry a “may contain” line for soy.

Tree nut allergyHeads up2% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts.

Celery allergyHeads up1% carry a “may contain” line for celery.

Egg allergyHeads up1% carry a “may contain” line for egg.

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 are natural sugar substitutes usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of natural sugar substitutes list, with the share of packs that list each: e967 xylitol (43%), e968 erythritol (22%) and e960 steviol glycosides (stevia) (19%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 139 · Spain 64 · Germany 59 · Finland 21.

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 natural sugar substitutes.

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 are natural sugar substitutes?

In the Open Food Facts categories, natural sugar substitutes are one of the sugar substitutes.

Kinds of natural sugar substitutesXylitol

What else are natural sugar substitutes called?

In EnglishNatural sweeteners

French: Édulcorants naturels
German: Natürliche Süßungsmittel, Natürliche Süßstoffe
Spanish: Edulcorantes naturales
Italian: Dolcificanti naturali, Sostituti naturali dello zucchero
Dutch: Natuurlijke zoetstoffen
Polish: Naturalne zastępniki cukru, Naturalne substytuty cukru

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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.

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