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Dextrose monohydrate on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Dextrose monohydrate is a kind of dextrose. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 294 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does dextrose monohydrate contain an allergen?

Dextrose monohydrate 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 dextrose monohydrate vegan?

Yes. Dextrose monohydrate 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 dextrose monohydrate have on a label?

On European labels it is “Dextrosemonohydrat” in German, “dextrosa monohidrato” in Spanish and “destrosio monoidrato” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

German
Dextrosemonohydrat, Dextrose-Monohydrat
Spanish
dextrosa monohidrato, dextrosa monohidratada
Italian
destrosio monoidrato
Dutch
dextrose monohydraat
Portuguese
dextrose monohidratada
Croatian
dekstroza monohidrat

Which foods contain dextrose monohydrate?

Open Food Facts lists dextrose monohydrate in the ingredients of 294 products, most often biscuits and cakes, processed meat and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes28
  • Processed meat19
  • Sweetened drinks12
  • Ice cream11
  • Savoury snacks10
  • Ready meals7

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 77 · United Kingdom 62 · France 43 · Australia 23.

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

What kind of ingredient is dextrose monohydrate?

Dextrose monohydrate is a kind of dextrose.

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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: Dextrose monohydrate
  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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