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Ingredient dictionary

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

Cocoa butter 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 85,697 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 cocoa butter contain an allergen?

Cocoa butter 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 butter vegan?

Yes. Cocoa butter 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 butter have on a label?

In English cocoa butter can also read “cacao butter” or “cocoa fat”. On European labels it is “beurre de cacao” in French, “Kakaobutter” in German and “manteca de cacao” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishcacao buttercocoa fat

French: beurre de cacao
German: Kakaobutter, Kakaofett
Spanish: manteca de cacao, manteca de cacao pura
Italian: burro di cacao
Dutch: cacaoboter
Portuguese: manteiga de cacau
Polish: masło kakaowe, tłuszcz kakaowy
Swedish: kakaosmör, kakaofett
Danish: kakaosmør
Norwegian: kakaosmør
Finnish: kaakaovoi, kaakaovoita
Czech: kakaové máslo
Hungarian: Kakaóvaj
Romanian: unt de cacao, unt cacao
Croatian: kakao maslac, kakaov maslac
Turkish: kakao yağı

Which foods contain cocoa butter?

Open Food Facts lists cocoa butter or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 85,697 products, most often biscuits and cakes, chocolate and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes19,056
Chocolate16,860
Sweets16,440
Ice cream3,041
Breakfast cereals2,047
Pastries1,199

Products with it, by country of sale: France 29,885 · United States 24,931 · Germany 11,203 · United Kingdom 4,750.

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

What kind of ingredient is cocoa butter?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, cocoa butter sits under cocoa and vegetable fat.

Kinds of cocoa butterCocoa mass and cocoa butter Pure cocoa butter Raw cacao butter

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