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Ingredient dictionary

Chocolate on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Some kinds of chocolate carry an allergen (milk). Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 55,090 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 chocolate contain an allergen?

It depends on the kind. Some kinds of chocolate carry an allergen: milk chocolate, white chocolate and milk chocolate chips contain milk. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.

Is chocolate vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of chocolate 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.

Milk allergyHeads upSome kinds contain milk, for example milk chocolate.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does chocolate have on a label?

On European labels it is “chocolat” in French, “Schokolade” in German and “cioccolato” in Italian. The other 11 languages are listed below.

French: chocolat
German: Schokolade
Italian: cioccolato, cioccolata
Dutch: chocola, chocolade
Polish: czekolada, czekolady
Swedish: choklad
Danish: chokolade
Norwegian: sjokolade
Finnish: suklaa
Czech: čokoláda
Hungarian: csokoládé
Romanian: ciocolata
Croatian: čokolada, čokoladni
Turkish: Çikolata

Which foods contain chocolate?

Open Food Facts lists chocolate or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 55,090 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and chocolate. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes16,007
Sweets9,576
Chocolate3,136
Breakfast cereals2,248
Ice cream1,649
Dairy desserts1,345

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 23,520 · France 18,059 · Germany 3,643 · United Kingdom 2,488.

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

What kind of ingredient is chocolate?

Kinds of chocolateMilk chocolate Dark chocolate Chocolate chunk White chocolate Chocolate powderSemi-sweet chocolateMilk chocolate chips Chocolate filling Belgian chocolate Chocolate sauce Chocolate cream Pure cocoa butter chocolateSugar free chocolateWhite chocolate powderChocolate barChocolate paste

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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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