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Added sugar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Added sugar is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 614,134 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does added sugar contain an allergen?

Added sugar 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 added sugar vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of added sugar are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does added sugar have on a label?

In English added sugar can also read “various sugars”. On European labels it is “sucre ajouté” in French, “zugesetzter Zucker” in German and “azúcares añadidos” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishvarious sugars
French
sucre ajouté, sucres ajoutés
German
zugesetzter Zucker
Spanish
azúcares añadidos, azúcar añadido
Italian
zucchero aggiunto
Dutch
toegevoegde suiker
Portuguese
açúcar adicionado
Polish
cukier dodany, cukry dodane
Swedish
tillsatt socker
Danish
tilsat sukker
Finnish
lisätty sokeri
Czech
přidaný cukr
Hungarian
hozzáadott cukor
Romanian
zahăr adăugat
Croatian
dodan šećer
Turkish
ilave şeker

Which foods contain added sugar?

Open Food Facts lists added sugar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 614,134 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes67,647
  • Sweets61,767
  • Sweetened drinks35,994
  • Dressings and sauces32,966
  • Ready meals26,052
  • Processed meat23,802

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 233,758 · France 175,016 · Germany 58,747 · United Kingdom 31,146.

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

What kind of ingredient is added sugar?

Kinds of added sugarDisaccharideMonosaccharideSyrupHoney

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

Sources

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: Added sugar
  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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