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

Corn glucose syrup is a kind of corn syrup. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 720 products, most often in sweets.

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Does corn glucose syrup contain an allergen?

Corn glucose syrup 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 glucose syrup vegan?

Yes. Corn glucose syrup 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 glucose syrup have on a label?

In English corn glucose syrup can also read “corn glucose”. On European labels it is “sirop de glucose de maïs” in French, “sirope de glucosa de maíz” in Spanish and “sciroppo di glucosio di mais” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishcorn glucose
French
sirop de glucose de maïs, glucose de maïs
Spanish
sirope de glucosa de maíz, jarabe de glucosa de maíz
Italian
sciroppo di glucosio di mais
Polish
syrop glukozowy z kukurydzy, syrop glukozowy kukurydziany
Swedish
majsglukossirap

Which foods contain corn glucose syrup?

Open Food Facts lists corn glucose syrup in the ingredients of 720 products, most often sweets, ice cream and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Australia.

  • Sweets157
  • Ice cream126
  • Biscuits and cakes101
  • Processed meat27
  • Ready meals25
  • Breakfast cereals23

Products with it, by country of sale: France 364 · United States 136 · Australia 67 · New Zealand 39.

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

What kind of ingredient is corn glucose syrup?

Corn glucose syrup is a kind of corn syrup.

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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 glucose syrup
  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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