Ingredient dictionary
Cognac on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Cognac is a kind of alcohol. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 965 products, most often in processed meat.
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Does cognac contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link cognac to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is cognac vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of cognac are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does cognac have on a label?
On European labels it is “Kognak” in German, “coñac” in Spanish and “konjak” in Swedish. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- German
- Kognak
- Spanish
- coñac
- Swedish
- konjak
- Finnish
- konjakki
- Hungarian
- konyak
Which foods contain cognac?
Open Food Facts lists cognac or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 965 products, most often processed meat, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 773 · Switzerland 76 · United Kingdom 37 · Germany 32.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where cognac turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is cognac?
Cognac is a kind of alcohol.
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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: Cognac
- 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
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