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Ingredient dictionary

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

Disaccharide is a kind of added sugar. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 552,345 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

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Does disaccharide contain an allergen?

Disaccharide 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 disaccharide vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of disaccharide are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.

VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does disaccharide have on a label?

On European labels it is “diholoside” in French, “disaccharid” in German and “disacárido” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French: diholoside
German: disaccharid
Spanish: disacárido
Italian: disaccaridi
Polish: disacharydy
Finnish: disakkaridi
Hungarian: diszacharid
Croatian: disaharid

Which foods contain disaccharide?

Open Food Facts lists disaccharide or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 552,345 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes66,118
Sweets56,529
Sweetened drinks34,115
Dressings and sauces31,311
Ready meals22,197
Chocolate17,418

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 220,061 · France 150,987 · Germany 50,822 · United Kingdom 28,228.

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

What kind of ingredient is disaccharide?

Disaccharide is a kind of added sugar.

Kinds of disaccharideSugar Sugar syrup Rice syrup Tapioca syrup Agave syrup Maple syrup Cane sugar syrup Barley malt syrup Malt syrupWheat syrupIsomaltulose Sugar beet syrupSorghum syrup

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