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Acacia honey on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Acacia honey is a kind of honey. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 300 products, most often in sweets.

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Does acacia honey contain an allergen?

Acacia honey is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is acacia honey vegan?

No. Acacia honey is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is vegetarian.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

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What other names does acacia honey have on a label?

On European labels it is “miel d'acacia” in French, “Akazienhonig” in German and “Miel de acacia” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
miel d'acacia, miel de acacia
German
Akazienhonig
Spanish
Miel de acacia
Italian
miele d'acacia
Dutch
acaciahoning
Finnish
akaasiahunaja
Croatian
bagremov med

Which foods contain acacia honey?

Open Food Facts lists acacia honey or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 300 products, most often sweets, ready meals and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

  • Sweets178
  • Ready meals14
  • Sandwiches11
  • Breakfast cereals9
  • Dressings and sauces9
  • Biscuits and cakes7

Products with it, by country of sale: France 233 · Germany 19 · United Kingdom 17 · United States 14.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where acacia honey turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is acacia honey?

Acacia honey is a kind of honey.

Kinds of acacia honeyAcacia honey from France

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Acacia honey
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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