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Ingredient dictionary

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

Dextrose 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 108,999 products, most often in processed meat. Per 100 g: about 399 kcal and 0 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does dextrose contain an allergen?

Dextrose 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 vegan?

Yes. Dextrose 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “dextrosa” in Spanish, “destrosio” in Italian and “dekstroza” in Polish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

Spanish: dextrosa
Italian: destrosio
Polish: dekstroza
Swedish: dextros
Norwegian: dekstrose
Finnish: dekstroosi, dekstroosia
Czech: dextróza
Hungarian: dextróz
Romanian: dextroză, dextroza
Croatian: dekstroza

Which foods contain dextrose?

Open Food Facts lists dextrose or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 108,999 products, most often processed meat, biscuits and cakes and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Processed meat16,566
Biscuits and cakes12,454
Ready meals6,990
Sweets6,007
Pizzas, pies and quiches4,157
Bread3,096

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 42,473 · France 32,833 · Germany 11,117 · United Kingdom 5,301.

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

How many calories are in dextrose?

Dextrose has about 399 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 100 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Sugar, white” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

399kcal per 100 g

0g protein

100g carbohydrate

0g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 100 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 1,700 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31016 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is dextrose?

Dextrose is a kind of glucose.

Kinds of dextroseWheat dextroseCorn dextrose Dextrose monohydrateOrganic dextrosePolydextrose

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