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

Ethylvanillin is a kind of vanillin. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 167 products, most often in sweets.

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Does ethylvanillin contain an allergen?

Ethylvanillin 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 ethylvanillin vegan?

Yes. Ethylvanillin 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 ethylvanillin have on a label?

In English ethylvanillin can also read “ethyl vanillin”. On European labels it is “Éthylvanilline” in French, “etilvainillina” in Spanish and “etilvanillina” in Italian. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishethyl vanillin
French
Éthylvanilline
Spanish
etilvainillina, etil vainillina
Italian
etilvanillina
Dutch
ethylvanilline
Portuguese
etilvanilina
Polish
etylowanilina
Swedish
etylvanillin
Croatian
etilvanilin

Which foods contain ethylvanillin?

Open Food Facts lists ethylvanillin in the ingredients of 167 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and chocolate. Most of them are sold in France, Argentina and Bolivia.

  • Sweets42
  • Biscuits and cakes41
  • Chocolate23
  • Baby milks15
  • Dairy desserts2
  • Ready meals2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 58 · Argentina 51 · Bolivia 32 · Spain 14.

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

What kind of ingredient is ethylvanillin?

Ethylvanillin is a kind of vanillin.

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  1. Open Food Facts: Ethylvanillin
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Ethylvanillin

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