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Extra virgin coconut oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Extra virgin coconut oil is a kind of coconut oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 186 products, most often in fats and spreads.
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Does extra virgin coconut oil contain an allergen?
Extra virgin coconut 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 extra virgin coconut oil vegan?
Yes. Extra virgin coconut oil is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does extra virgin coconut oil have on a label?
On European labels it is “huile de coco extra vierge” in French, “aceite de coco extra virgen” in Spanish and “olio extravergine di cocco” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- huile de coco extra vierge
- Spanish
- aceite de coco extra virgen
- Italian
- olio extravergine di cocco
- Polish
- olej kokosowy extra virgin
- Croatian
- ekstra djevičansko kokosovo ulje, ekstradjevičansko kokosovo ulje
Which foods contain extra virgin coconut oil?
Open Food Facts lists extra virgin coconut oil in the ingredients of 186 products, most often fats and spreads, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 148 · France 10 · United Kingdom 8 · Mexico 6.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where extra virgin coconut oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is extra virgin coconut oil?
Extra virgin coconut oil is a kind of coconut oil.
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- Open Food Facts: Extra virgin coconut oil
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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