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Cottonseed fat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cottonseed fat is a kind of vegetable fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan.

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Does cottonseed fat contain an allergen?

Cottonseed fat 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 cottonseed fat vegan?

Yes. Cottonseed fat 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 cottonseed fat have on a label?

On European labels it is “matières grasses de coton” in French, “Baumwollsaatfett” in German and “grasso di semi di cotone” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

French
matières grasses de coton, matières grasses végétales de coton
German
Baumwollsaatfett, Baumwollfett
Italian
grasso di semi di cotone
Croatian
mast sjemenki pamuka

Which foods contain cottonseed fat?

Open Food Facts lists cottonseed fat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 17 products, most often bread, fruit and vegetables and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Bread5
  • Fruit and vegetables3
  • Biscuits and cakes2
  • Ice cream2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 13 · France 3 · Germany 1 · United Kingdom 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is cottonseed fat?

Cottonseed fat is a kind of vegetable fat.

Kinds of cottonseed fatIndustrial hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed shorteningPartially hydrogenated soybean and partially hydrogenated cottonseed household shorteningHydrogenated soybean palm and cottonseed shortening for bakingBeef tallow and cottonseed shortening

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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: Cottonseed fat
  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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