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Ingredient dictionary

Baking powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Whether baking powder carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 8,571 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 153 kcal and 2 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does baking powder contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link baking powder to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is baking powder vegan?

Yes. Baking powder is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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

What other names does baking powder have on a label?

On European labels it is “levure chimique” in French, “Backpulver” in German and “Polvo gasificante” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

French: levure chimique
German: Backpulver
Spanish: Polvo gasificante
Italian: lievito chimico
Dutch: bakpoeder
Portuguese: Fermento em pó
Polish: Proszek do pieczenia
Swedish: bakpulver
Danish: Bagepulver
Norwegian: bakepulver
Finnish: leivinjauhe
Hungarian: sütőpor
Romanian: praf de copt
Croatian: prašak za pecivo

Which foods contain baking powder?

Open Food Facts lists baking powder in the ingredients of 8,571 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

Biscuits and cakes3,384
Bread461
Pizzas, pies and quiches379
Pasta, rice and flour233
Sandwiches210
Ready meals180

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6,266 · France 544 · Canada 430 · Germany 298.

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

How many calories are in baking powder?

Baking powder has about 153 kcal per 100 g, with 2 g protein, 33 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Baking powder or raising agent” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

153kcal per 100 g

2g protein

33g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.1 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 1.9 g, salt 0.56 g, energy 651 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11046. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

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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.

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