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

Corn fiber is a kind of vegetable fiber. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,891 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does corn fiber contain an allergen?

Corn fiber 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 fiber vegan?

Yes. Corn fiber 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 fiber have on a label?

On European labels it is “fibre de maïs” in French, “Maisfaser” in German and “fibra de maiz” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
fibre de maïs
German
Maisfaser, Maisfasern
Spanish
fibra de maiz
Italian
fibra di mais
Dutch
maïsvezel
Polish
błonnik kukurydziany
Czech
kukuřičná vláknina
Croatian
kukuruzna vlakna

Which foods contain corn fiber?

Open Food Facts lists corn fiber or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,891 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes400
  • Breakfast cereals142
  • Pasta, rice and flour138
  • Milk and yoghurt127
  • Ice cream101
  • Sweets91

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,046 · France 290 · United Kingdom 136 · Germany 96.

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

What kind of ingredient is corn fiber?

Corn fiber is a kind of vegetable fiber.

Kinds of corn fiberSoluble corn fiber

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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 fiber
  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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