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Glucose-fructose on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Glucose-fructose 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 1,563 products, most often in sweetened drinks.

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Does glucose-fructose contain an allergen?

Glucose-fructose 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 glucose-fructose vegan?

Yes. Glucose-fructose 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 glucose-fructose have on a label?

On European labels it is “Glukose-Fruktose” in German, “glucosa-fructosa” in Spanish and “Glucosio-fruttosio” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

German
Glukose-Fruktose
Spanish
glucosa-fructosa
Italian
Glucosio-fruttosio
Swedish
Glukos-Fruktos
Finnish
glukoosi-fruktoosi
Croatian
glukoza-fruktoza

Which foods contain glucose-fructose?

Open Food Facts lists glucose-fructose in the ingredients of 1,563 products, most often sweetened drinks, biscuits and cakes and sweets. Most of them are sold in Canada, France and Germany.

  • Sweetened drinks270
  • Biscuits and cakes270
  • Sweets125
  • Dressings and sauces71
  • Ice cream60
  • Bread47

Products with it, by country of sale: Canada 913 · France 278 · Germany 216 · United States 157.

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

What kind of ingredient is glucose-fructose?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, glucose-fructose sits under fructose and glucose.

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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: Glucose-fructose
  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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