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

Brown sugar syrup is a kind of sugar syrup. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,148 products, most often in sweets.

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Does brown sugar syrup contain an allergen?

Brown sugar syrup 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 brown sugar syrup vegan?

Yes. Brown sugar syrup 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.

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What other names does brown sugar syrup have on a label?

On European labels it is “Sirop de sucre brun” in French, “brauner zuckersirup” in German and “sciroppo di zucchero di canna” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
Sirop de sucre brun, sirop de sucre mélassé
German
brauner zuckersirup
Italian
sciroppo di zucchero di canna
Dutch
bruine suikerstroop, bruine suiker siroop
Finnish
ruskea sokerisiirappi
Croatian
sirup od smeđeg šećera

Which foods contain brown sugar syrup?

Open Food Facts lists brown sugar syrup in the ingredients of 2,148 products, most often sweets, breakfast cereals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Switzerland.

  • Sweets314
  • Breakfast cereals251
  • Biscuits and cakes237
  • Pasta, rice and flour205
  • Ice cream203
  • Milk and yoghurt78

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,104 · United States 664 · Switzerland 224 · Germany 215.

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

What kind of ingredient is brown sugar syrup?

Brown sugar syrup is a kind of sugar syrup.

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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: Brown sugar syrup
  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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