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

Coconut paste is a kind of coconut. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 168 products, most often in ice cream.

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Does coconut paste contain an allergen?

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

Is coconut paste vegan?

Yes. Coconut paste 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does coconut paste have on a label?

On European labels it is “pâte de noix de coco” in French, “Kokospaste” in German and “pasta di cocco” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
pâte de noix de coco
German
Kokospaste, Kokosmus
Italian
pasta di cocco
Dutch
kokospuree
Polish
pasta kokosowa
Croatian
pasta od kokosa

Which foods contain coconut paste?

Open Food Facts lists coconut paste in the ingredients of 168 products, most often ice cream, sweets and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Ice cream57
  • Sweets15
  • Dressings and sauces9
  • Biscuits and cakes8
  • Ready meals6
  • Plant-based drinks6

Products with it, by country of sale: France 87 · Germany 45 · United States 17 · United Kingdom 9.

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

What kind of ingredient is coconut paste?

Coconut paste is a kind of coconut.

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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: Coconut paste
  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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