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Ingredient dictionary

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

Corn syrup is a kind of glucose. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 75,378 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 305 kcal and 0.3 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does corn syrup contain an allergen?

Corn 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 syrup vegan?

Yes. Corn 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 syrup have on a label?

On European labels it is “sirop de maïs” in French, “Maissirup” in German and “Jarabe de maíz” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French: sirop de maïs
German: Maissirup
Spanish: Jarabe de maíz, sirope de maíz
Italian: sciroppo di mais
Dutch: Maïsstroop
Portuguese: xarope de milho
Polish: Syrop kukurydziany
Swedish: majssirap
Danish: majssirup
Finnish: maissisiirappi
Czech: Kukuřičný sirup
Hungarian: kukoricaszirup
Romanian: sirop de porumb
Croatian: kukuruzni sirup
Turkish: Mısır şurubu

Which foods contain corn syrup?

Open Food Facts lists corn syrup or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 75,378 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

Sweets13,052
Biscuits and cakes9,493
Sweetened drinks4,633
Dressings and sauces3,525
Ready meals1,764
Processed meat1,625

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 70,607 · France 1,985 · Canada 1,085 · Mexico 637.

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

How many calories are in corn syrup?

Corn syrup has about 305 kcal per 100 g, with 0.3 g protein, 78 g carbohydrate and 0.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Syrup, agave” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

305kcal per 100 g

0.3g protein

78g carbohydrate

0.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 70 g, saturated fat 0.3 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 1,300 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31089 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is corn syrup?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, corn syrup sits under glucose and syrup.

Kinds of corn syrupCorn syrup solids Corn glucose syrupMalted corn syrupDark corn syrups

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