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Coconut oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Coconut oil is a kind of vegetable oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 33,791 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 900 kcal and 0 g protein.
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Does coconut oil contain an allergen?
Coconut oil 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 oil vegan?
Yes. Coconut oil is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does coconut oil have on a label?
In English coconut oil can also read “copra oil”, “copra” or “coconut vegetable oil”. On European labels it is “huile de coco” in French, “Kokosnussöl” in German and “aceite de coco” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.
- French
- huile de coco, huile de noix de coco
- German
- Kokosnussöl, Kokosöl
- Spanish
- aceite de coco, aceite vegetal de coco
- Italian
- olio di cocco
- Dutch
- kokosolie
- Portuguese
- óleo de coco
- Polish
- Olej kokosowy, olej roślinny kokosowy
- Swedish
- kokosolja
- Danish
- kokosolie
- Norwegian
- kokosolje
- Finnish
- Kookosöljy
- Czech
- Kokosový olej
- Hungarian
- kókuszolaj
- Romanian
- Ulei de cocos
- Croatian
- kokosovo ulje
- Turkish
- Hindistan cevizi yağı
Which foods contain coconut oil?
Open Food Facts lists coconut oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 33,791 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and ice cream. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 14,896 · France 9,046 · United Kingdom 2,100 · Germany 1,811.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where coconut oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in coconut oil?
Coconut oil has about 900 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 100 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Coconut fat or oil” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 84 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0 g, energy 3,700 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16040. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is coconut oil?
Coconut oil is a kind of vegetable oil.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Coconut oil
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
- Wikipedia: Coconut oil
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