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Vanilla sugar: allergens and what’s inside

Of 71 packs of vanilla sugar whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 6% list gluten. Another 17% carry a “may contain” line for gluten. Most list sugar and vanilla.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 6% of these packs

Which allergens are in vanilla sugar?

Of 71 packs of vanilla sugar whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 6% list gluten. Another 17% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 11% for milk and 10% for soy. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up6% list gluten; 17% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up11% carry a “may contain” line for milk.
Soy allergyHeads up10% carry a “may contain” line for soy.
Egg allergyHeads up8% carry a “may contain” line for egg.
Tree nut allergyHeads up7% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts.
Sesame allergyHeads up6% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.

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 vanilla sugar usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of vanilla sugar list, with the share of packs that list each: sugar (99%), vanilla (68%), vanilla extract (49%) and corn starch (32%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 124 · Germany 48 · Spain 18 · Switzerland 9.

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 vanilla 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 vanilla sugar?

In the Open Food Facts categories, vanilla sugar is a kind of sugar.

What else is vanilla sugar called?

In EnglishVanilla flavoured sugars
French
Sucres vanillés
German
Vanillenzucker
Spanish
Azúcar vainillado, Azúcar vainillada
Italian
Zuccheri di vaniglia
Dutch
Vanillesuikers

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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.

  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: Vanilla sugar

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