Ingredient dictionary
Ceylon cinnamon on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Ceylon cinnamon is a kind of cinnamon. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 214 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.
By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 4 sourcesHow we check
Fits you
for a vegan profile
Does Ceylon cinnamon contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link Ceylon cinnamon to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is Ceylon cinnamon vegan?
Yes. Ceylon cinnamon is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does Ceylon cinnamon have on a label?
On European labels it is “cannelle de ceylan” in French, “Ceylon-Zimt” in German and “cannella di Ceylon” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- cannelle de ceylan
- German
- Ceylon-Zimt
- Italian
- cannella di Ceylon
- Dutch
- Ceylonkaneel
- Finnish
- ceyloninkaneli
- Czech
- skořice-Cejlon
- Croatian
- cejlonski cimet
Which foods contain Ceylon cinnamon?
Open Food Facts lists Ceylon cinnamon in the ingredients of 214 products, most often unsweetened drinks, breakfast cereals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in Germany, the United States and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 83 · United States 60 · France 43 · Switzerland 17.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Ceylon cinnamon turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is Ceylon cinnamon?
Ceylon cinnamon is a kind of cinnamon.
Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers
Sources
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.
- Open Food Facts: Ceylon cinnamon
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- Wikipedia: Cinnamomum verum
Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check
Create a website profile with the things you avoid and the people you check for.
Build my profileSave and edit your profile on this website. App transfer is not available yet.