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Ingredient dictionary

Frying oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Frying oil is a kind of oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 134 products, most often in savoury snacks. Per 100 g: about 900 kcal and 0 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does frying oil contain an allergen?

Frying 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 frying oil vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of frying oil are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.

VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does frying oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “Huile de friture” in French, “Frittieröl” in German and “aceite para freír” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French: Huile de friture, Huile pour friture
German: Frittieröl
Spanish: aceite para freír
Italian: olio per friggere
Dutch: bakvet
Danish: stegeolie
Finnish: paistoöljy, friteerausöljy
Hungarian: sütőolaj
Croatian: ulje za prženje

Which foods contain frying oil?

Open Food Facts lists frying oil in the ingredients of 134 products, most often savoury snacks, poultry and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Spain.

Savoury snacks53
Poultry8
Ready meals7
Biscuits and cakes3
Fish and seafood2
Meat2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 128 · Belgium 6 · Spain 4 · United States 2.

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

How many calories are in frying oil?

Frying oil has about 900 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 100 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Frying oil” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

900kcal per 100 g

0g protein

0g carbohydrate

100g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 9.9 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 3,700 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16128. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is frying oil?

Frying oil is a kind of 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.

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