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

Bee 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 108 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does bee honey contain an allergen?

Bee 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 bee honey vegan?

No. Bee 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 bee honey have on a label?

On European labels it is “Bienenhonig” in German, “miele d'api” in Italian and “miód pszczeli” in Polish. One more language is listed below.

German
Bienenhonig
Italian
miele d'api
Polish
miód pszczeli
Croatian
pčelinji med

Which foods contain bee honey?

Open Food Facts lists bee honey in the ingredients of 108 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in Germany, Bulgaria and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes40
  • Sweets30
  • Dressings and sauces4
  • Breakfast cereals3
  • Sweetened drinks2
  • Pasta, rice and flour1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 53 · Bulgaria 28 · France 12 · United States 10.

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

What kind of ingredient is bee honey?

Bee honey is a kind of honey.

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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: Bee 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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