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

Cocoa processed with alkali 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 6,844 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does cocoa processed with alkali contain an allergen?

Cocoa 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 processed with alkali vegan?

Yes. Cocoa 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 processed with alkali have on a label?

In English cocoa processed with alkali can also read “alkalized cocoa”. On European labels it is “Cacao alcalinisé” in French, “Kakao mit Alkalisalzen versetzt” in German and “Cacao procesado con álcali” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishalkalized cocoa
French
Cacao alcalinisé
German
Kakao mit Alkalisalzen versetzt
Spanish
Cacao procesado con álcali
Italian
Cacao trattato con agenti alcalinizzanti
Polish
kakao alkalizowane
Croatian
kakao obrađen lužinom

Which foods contain cocoa processed with alkali?

Open Food Facts lists cocoa processed with alkali in the ingredients of 6,844 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and ice cream. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Biscuits and cakes1,506
  • Sweets380
  • Ice cream276
  • Sweetened drinks184
  • Milk and yoghurt153
  • Pasta, rice and flour130

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6,601 · France 176 · Canada 47 · Bolivia 45.

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

What kind of ingredient is cocoa processed with alkali?

Cocoa processed with alkali is a kind of cocoa.

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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 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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