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Ingredient dictionary

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

Cane 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 58,389 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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

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Does cane sugar contain an allergen?

Cane 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 cane sugar vegan?

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

In English cane sugar can also read “pure cane sugar” or “natural cane sugar”. On European labels it is “sucre de canne” in French, “Rohrzucker” in German and “azúcar de caña” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishpure cane sugarnatural cane sugar

French: sucre de canne, pur sucre de canne
German: Rohrzucker
Spanish: azúcar de caña
Italian: zucchero di canna
Dutch: rietsuiker, riet
Portuguese: açúcar de cana
Polish: cukier trzcinowy
Swedish: rörsocker
Danish: rørsukker
Norwegian: rørsukker
Finnish: ruokosokeri
Czech: třtinový cukr
Hungarian: nádcukor
Croatian: šećer od šećerne trske, šećer šećerne trske

Which foods contain cane sugar?

Open Food Facts lists cane sugar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 58,389 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes7,294
Sweets7,119
Sweetened drinks4,835
Chocolate2,766
Milk and yoghurt2,723
Dressings and sauces2,586

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 28,476 · France 18,208 · Germany 4,708 · United Kingdom 1,427.

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

What kind of ingredient is cane sugar?

Cane sugar is a kind of sugar.

Kinds of cane sugarUnrefined cane sugar Blonde cane sugar Brown cane sugar Invert cane sugarJaggeryWhite cane sugar Organic cane sugarCane sugar cube

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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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