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Cocoa bean on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cocoa bean is a kind of cocoa. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,911 products, most often in chocolate.

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Does cocoa bean contain an allergen?

Cocoa bean 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 cocoa bean vegan?

Yes. Cocoa bean 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 cocoa bean have on a label?

In English cocoa bean can also read “cocoa beans” or “cacao bean”. On European labels it is “fèves de cacao” in French, “Kakaobohne” in German and “Cacao en grano” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishcocoa beanscacao bean
French
fèves de cacao, grains de cacao
German
Kakaobohne, Kakaobohnen
Spanish
Cacao en grano
Italian
fave di cacao, semi di cacao
Dutch
cacaobonen, cacaoboon
Polish
ziarno kakaowca
Swedish
kakaoböna, kakaobönor
Danish
kakaobønne, kakaobønner
Finnish
kaakaopapu, kaakaopavut
Hungarian
kakaóbab
Croatian
kakaovog zrna, kakaa u zrnu

Which foods contain cocoa bean?

Open Food Facts lists cocoa bean or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,911 products, most often chocolate, sweets and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Chocolate728
  • Sweets719
  • Biscuits and cakes282
  • Breakfast cereals77
  • Ice cream49
  • Pasta, rice and flour31

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,240 · France 1,048 · Germany 191 · United Kingdom 103.

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

What kind of ingredient is cocoa bean?

Cocoa bean is a kind of cocoa.

Kinds of cocoa beanCocoa nibs

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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: Cocoa bean
  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

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