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

Coconut sugar is a kind of palm sugar. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,935 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does coconut sugar contain an allergen?

Coconut sugar 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 sugar vegan?

Yes. Coconut sugar 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 sugar have on a label?

In English coconut sugar can also read “coconut palm sugar”. On European labels it is “sucre de fleur de coco” in French, “Kokosblütenzucker” in German and “azúcar de coco” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishcoconut palm sugar
French
sucre de fleur de coco, sucre de fleur de cocotier
German
Kokosblütenzucker
Spanish
azúcar de coco, azucar de coco
Italian
zucchero di fiori di cocco, zucchero di cocco
Dutch
kokosbloesemsuiker, kokossuiker
Polish
cukier kokosowy, cukier z kwiatu palmy kokosowej
Swedish
kokossocker, kokospalmsocker
Danish
kokossukker
Finnish
kookossokeri, kookospalmusokeri
Hungarian
kókuszcukor
Croatian
kokosov šećer

Which foods contain coconut sugar?

Open Food Facts lists coconut sugar in the ingredients of 2,935 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes446
  • Breakfast cereals283
  • Sweets278
  • Chocolate183
  • Sweetened drinks125
  • Pasta, rice and flour103

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,569 · France 566 · Germany 243 · United Kingdom 229.

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

What kind of ingredient is coconut sugar?

Coconut sugar is a kind of palm sugar.

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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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 sugar
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Coconut sugar

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