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Ingredient dictionary

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

Brown sugar is a kind of sugar. It 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 19,829 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 387 kcal and 0.1 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does brown sugar contain an allergen?

Brown 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 brown sugar vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of brown 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 brown sugar have on a label?

On European labels it is “vergeoise” in French, “Brauner Zucker” in German and “azúcar morena” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French: vergeoise, cassonade
German: Brauner Zucker, Farinzucker
Spanish: azúcar morena, azúcar moreno
Italian: zucchero bruno
Dutch: basterdsuiker
Portuguese: açúcar mascavo
Polish: Brązowy cukier, cukier brązowy
Swedish: farinsocker
Danish: farin, brun farin
Norwegian: brunt sukker
Finnish: fariinisokeri, ruskea sokeri
Czech: Hnědý cukr
Hungarian: barna cukor
Romanian: Zahar brun
Croatian: smeđi šećer

Which foods contain brown sugar?

Open Food Facts lists brown sugar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 19,829 products, most often biscuits and cakes, dressings and sauces and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Biscuits and cakes3,233
Dressings and sauces1,364
Sweets1,041
Ready meals846
Pasta, rice and flour835
Processed meat611

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 15,223 · France 1,798 · United Kingdom 876 · Canada 561.

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

How many calories are in brown sugar?

Brown sugar has about 387 kcal per 100 g, with 0.1 g protein, 97 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Sugar, brown” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

387kcal per 100 g

0.1g protein

97g carbohydrate

0g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 96 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.1 g, energy 1,640 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31017. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is brown sugar?

Brown sugar is a kind of sugar.

Kinds of brown sugarBrown cane sugarLight brown sugarDark brown sugarOrganic brown sugar

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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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