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Cocoa paste processed with alkali on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cocoa paste processed with alkali is a kind of cocoa paste. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 552 products, most often in sweets.

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Does cocoa paste processed with alkali contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link cocoa paste processed with alkali to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is cocoa paste processed with alkali vegan?

Yes. Cocoa paste processed with alkali 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 paste processed with alkali have on a label?

In English cocoa paste processed with alkali can also read “alkalized cocoa paste”. On European labels it is “Pâte de cacao alcalinisée” in French, “Kakaopaste mit Alkalisalzen versetzt” in German and “Pasta de cacao procesada con álcali.” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishalkalized cocoa paste
French
Pâte de cacao alcalinisée
German
Kakaopaste mit Alkalisalzen versetzt
Spanish
Pasta de cacao procesada con álcali.
Italian
pasta di cacao lavorata con alcali
Croatian
kakao pasta obrađena alkalijom

Which foods contain cocoa paste processed with alkali?

Open Food Facts lists cocoa paste processed with alkali in the ingredients of 552 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and ice cream. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Mexico.

  • Sweets196
  • Biscuits and cakes43
  • Ice cream24
  • Chocolate12
  • Nuts2
  • Pasta, rice and flour1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 543 · France 7 · Mexico 4 · Ireland 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is cocoa paste processed with alkali?

Cocoa paste processed with alkali is a kind of cocoa 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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Cocoa paste processed with alkali
  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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