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Corn dextrose on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Corn dextrose is a kind of dextrose. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,570 products, most often in processed meat.

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Does corn dextrose contain an allergen?

Corn dextrose 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 corn dextrose vegan?

Yes. Corn dextrose 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 corn dextrose have on a label?

In English corn dextrose can also read “dextrose from corn”. On European labels it is “dextrose de maïs” in French, “Maisdextrose” in German and “dextrosa de maíz” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishdextrose from corn
French
dextrose de maïs
German
Maisdextrose
Spanish
dextrosa de maíz
Italian
destrosio di mais
Dutch
maïsdextrose
Portuguese
dextrose de milho
Polish
dekstroza kukurydziana
Swedish
majssocker, druvsocker från majs
Danish
majsdextrose
Finnish
maissidekstroosi
Hungarian
dextróz kukoricából
Romanian
dextroza din porumb
Croatian
kukuruzna dekstroza
Turkish
misir dekstrozu

Which foods contain corn dextrose?

Open Food Facts lists corn dextrose or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,570 products, most often processed meat, poultry and meat. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and Australia.

  • Processed meat737
  • Poultry137
  • Meat99
  • Ready meals52
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches52
  • Biscuits and cakes38

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,193 · Spain 119 · Australia 73 · United States 60.

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

What kind of ingredient is corn dextrose?

Corn dextrose is a kind of dextrose.

Kinds of corn dextroseWheat or corn dextrose

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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: Corn dextrose
  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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