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Fructose syrup on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Fructose syrup is a kind of fructose. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,670 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does fructose syrup contain an allergen?

Fructose syrup 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 fructose syrup vegan?

Yes. Fructose syrup 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 fructose syrup have on a label?

On European labels it is “sirop de fructose” in French, “Fruktose Sirup” in German and “Jarabe de fructosa” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
sirop de fructose
German
Fruktose Sirup, Fruktosesirup
Spanish
Jarabe de fructosa, sirope de fructosa
Italian
sciroppo di fruttosio
Dutch
fructosestroop, fructosesiroop
Portuguese
Xarope de fructose
Polish
syrop fruktozowy, syrop z fruktozy
Swedish
fruktossirap
Finnish
fruktoosisiirappi, fruktoosisiirappia
Croatian
fruktozni sirup

Which foods contain fructose syrup?

Open Food Facts lists fructose syrup or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,670 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Biscuits and cakes318
  • Sweetened drinks289
  • Sweets141
  • Ice cream68
  • Milk and yoghurt57
  • Chocolate44

Products with it, by country of sale: France 494 · Germany 449 · United States 206 · Spain 91.

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

What kind of ingredient is fructose syrup?

Fructose syrup is a kind of fructose.

Kinds of fructose syrupFructose powder

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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: Fructose syrup
  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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