Ingredient dictionary
Forest honey on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Forest honey is a kind of honey. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 52 products, most often in sweets.
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Does forest honey contain an allergen?
Forest honey 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 forest honey vegan?
No. Forest honey is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does forest honey have on a label?
On European labels it is “miel de forêt” in French, “Waldhonig” in German and “miele di bosco” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- miel de forêt
- German
- Waldhonig
- Italian
- miele di bosco
- Dutch
- boshoning
- Finnish
- trooppinen metsähunaja
- Croatian
- šumski med
Which foods contain forest honey?
Open Food Facts lists forest honey in the ingredients of 52 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 31 · Germany 15 · Switzerland 4 · Belgium 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where forest honey turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is forest honey?
Forest honey is a kind of honey.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Forest honey
- 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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