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

Cocoa nibs are a kind of cocoa bean. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 1,024 products, most often in sweets.

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Do cocoa nibs contain an allergen?

Cocoa nibs are 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.

Are cocoa nibs vegan?

Yes. Cocoa nibs are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do cocoa nibs have on a label?

In English cocoa nibs can also read “cocoa bean chips”. On European labels they are “éclats de fèves de cacao” in French, “Kakaonibs” in German and “pepitas de cacao” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

In Englishcocoa bean chips
French
éclats de fèves de cacao
German
Kakaonibs, Kakao-Nibs
Spanish
pepitas de cacao, trozos de habas de cacao
Italian
granella di semi di cacao, scaglie di cacao
Danish
kakaonibs
Finnish
Kaakaopapusipsit
Croatian
kakao zrnca

Which foods contain cocoa nibs?

Open Food Facts lists cocoa nibs in the ingredients of 1,024 products, most often sweets, chocolate and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Sweets210
  • Chocolate176
  • Biscuits and cakes108
  • Breakfast cereals39
  • Pasta, rice and flour22
  • Unsweetened drinks11

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 496 · France 270 · Germany 72 · United Kingdom 70.

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

What kind of ingredient are cocoa nibs?

Cocoa nibs are a kind of cocoa bean.

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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 nibs
  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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