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Deodorized sunflower oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Deodorized sunflower oil is a kind of sunflower oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 505 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does deodorized sunflower oil contain an allergen?

Deodorized sunflower oil 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 deodorized sunflower oil vegan?

Yes. Deodorized sunflower oil 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 deodorized sunflower oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “huile de tournesol désodorisée” in French, “desodoriertes Sonnenblumenöl” in German and “aceite de girasol desodorizado” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
huile de tournesol désodorisée
German
desodoriertes Sonnenblumenöl
Spanish
aceite de girasol desodorizado
Italian
deodorato olio di semi di girasole
Dutch
ontgeurde zonnebloemolie
Finnish
deodorisoitu auringonkukkaöljy
Hungarian
szagtalanított napraforgóolaj
Croatian
dezodorirano suncokretovo ulje

Which foods contain deodorized sunflower oil?

Open Food Facts lists deodorized sunflower oil in the ingredients of 505 products, most often ready meals, biscuits and cakes and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Switzerland.

  • Ready meals90
  • Biscuits and cakes67
  • Dressings and sauces50
  • Savoury snacks25
  • Pasta, rice and flour20
  • Soups18

Products with it, by country of sale: France 486 · Belgium 13 · Switzerland 5 · Germany 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is deodorized sunflower oil?

Deodorized sunflower oil is a kind of sunflower oil.

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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: Deodorized sunflower oil
  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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