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Ingredient dictionary

Coconut milk on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Coconut milk is a kind of coconut. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 6,134 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 188 kcal and 1.8 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does coconut milk contain an allergen?

Coconut milk 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 coconut milk vegan?

Yes. Coconut milk 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 coconut milk have on a label?

On European labels it is “lait de noix de coco” in French, “Kokosnussmilch” in German and “Leche de coco” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

French: lait de noix de coco, lait de coco
German: Kokosnussmilch, Kokosmilch
Spanish: Leche de coco
Italian: latte di noce di cocco, latte di noci di cocco
Dutch: kokosmelk, kokosnootmelk
Portuguese: Leite de cocô
Polish: mleko kokosowe, mleczko kokosowe
Swedish: kokosmjölk
Danish: Kokosmælk
Norwegian: kokosmelk
Finnish: kookosmaito
Czech: kokosové mléko
Croatian: kokosovo mlijeko

Which foods contain coconut milk?

Open Food Facts lists coconut milk or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,134 products, most often ready meals, sweets and plant-based drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Ready meals959
Sweets426
Plant-based drinks380
Dressings and sauces308
Milk and yoghurt211
Ice cream190

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,842 · United States 1,795 · Germany 835 · United Kingdom 510.

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

How many calories are in coconut milk?

Coconut milk has about 188 kcal per 100 g, with 1.8 g protein, 3.4 g carbohydrate and 18 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Coconut milk or coconut cream” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

188kcal per 100 g

1.8g protein

3.4g carbohydrate

18g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.1 g, saturated fat 17 g, fibre 0.6 g, salt 0.08 g, energy 775 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 18041. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is coconut milk?

Coconut milk is a kind of coconut.

Kinds of coconut milkCoconut milk drinkCoconut milk light

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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.

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