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Fractionated palm kernel oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Fractionated palm kernel oil is a kind of palm kernel oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,173 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does fractionated palm kernel oil contain an allergen?

Fractionated palm kernel 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 fractionated palm kernel oil vegan?

Yes. Fractionated palm kernel oil 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 fractionated palm kernel oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “Huile de palmiste fractionnée” in French, “Fraktioniertes Palmkernöl” in German and “aceite de semilla de palma fraccionado” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
Huile de palmiste fractionnée
German
Fraktioniertes Palmkernöl
Spanish
aceite de semilla de palma fraccionado, aceite fraccionado de semilla de palma
Italian
Olio di palmisti frazionato
Croatian
frakcionirano ulje palminih koštica

Which foods contain fractionated palm kernel oil?

Open Food Facts lists fractionated palm kernel oil in the ingredients of 1,173 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Biscuits and cakes289
  • Sweets104
  • Pasta, rice and flour20
  • Bread14
  • Milk and yoghurt3
  • Fruit and vegetables2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,147 · France 15 · Canada 7 · Ireland 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is fractionated palm kernel oil?

Fractionated palm kernel oil is a kind of palm kernel oil.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Fractionated palm kernel oil
  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

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