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Canola oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Canola oil is a kind of rapeseed oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 40,216 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does canola oil contain an allergen?

Canola oil 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 canola oil vegan?

Yes. Canola oil 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 canola oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “huile de canola” in French, “Ölrübsenöl” in German and “aceite de canola” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
huile de canola
German
Ölrübsenöl
Spanish
aceite de canola
Italian
Olio di canola
Dutch
canola olie, canolaolie
Hungarian
kanolaolaj, canolaolaj
Croatian
kanola ulje
Turkish
kanola yağı

Which foods contain canola oil?

Open Food Facts lists canola oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 40,216 products, most often biscuits and cakes, dressings and sauces and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, Canada and Australia.

  • Biscuits and cakes5,194
  • Dressings and sauces3,218
  • Ready meals2,199
  • Pasta, rice and flour1,951
  • Bread1,669
  • Savoury snacks1,431

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 35,335 · Canada 1,950 · Australia 1,096 · France 814.

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

What kind of ingredient is canola oil?

Canola oil is a kind of rapeseed oil.

Kinds of canola oilNon-gmo canola oilFully hydrogenated canola oilCanola oil preparationPartially hydrogenated industrial canola oil

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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: Canola oil
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Canola oil

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