Ingredient dictionary
Corn kernel on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Corn kernel is a kind of corn. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 704 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.
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Does corn kernel contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link corn kernel to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is corn kernel vegan?
Yes. Corn kernel is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does corn kernel have on a label?
In English corn kernel can also read “corn kernels”. On European labels it is “grains de maïs” in French, “Maiskörner” in German and “grano de maís” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.
- French
- grains de maïs
- German
- Maiskörner
- Spanish
- grano de maís, grano de maiz
- Italian
- chicci di mais
- Dutch
- maïskorrels
- Portuguese
- grão de milho, grao de milho
- Polish
- ziarna kukurydzy, ziarno kukurydzy
- Swedish
- majskärnor, majskorn
- Danish
- majskjerner
- Norwegian
- majskjerner
- Finnish
- maissinjyvä, maissinjyviä
- Croatian
- zrno kukuruza
Which foods contain corn kernel?
Open Food Facts lists corn kernel in the ingredients of 704 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, savoury snacks and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 395 · Germany 120 · Switzerland 42 · Poland 39.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where corn kernel turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is corn kernel?
Corn kernel is a kind of corn.
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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: Corn kernel
- 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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