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

Cocoa powder processed with alkali is a kind of cocoa powder. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,348 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does cocoa powder processed with alkali contain an allergen?

Cocoa powder processed with alkali 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 powder processed with alkali vegan?

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

In English cocoa powder processed with alkali can also read “alkalized cocoa powder”. On European labels it is “Cacao en poudre alcalinisé” in French, “Kakaopulver mit Alkalisalzen versetzt” in German and “Cacao en polvo procesado con álcali” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishalkalized cocoa powder
French
Cacao en poudre alcalinisé
German
Kakaopulver mit Alkalisalzen versetzt
Spanish
Cacao en polvo procesado con álcali
Italian
Polvere di cacao processata con alcalinizzanti
Croatian
kakao prah obrađen alkalijom

Which foods contain cocoa powder processed with alkali?

Open Food Facts lists cocoa powder processed with alkali in the ingredients of 1,348 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Biscuits and cakes405
  • Sweets152
  • Sweetened drinks40
  • Drinks with sweeteners28
  • Ice cream15
  • Ready meals14

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,243 · France 41 · Canada 26 · Bolivia 8.

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

What kind of ingredient is cocoa powder processed with alkali?

Cocoa powder processed with alkali is a kind of cocoa powder.

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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 powder 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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