Ingredient dictionary
Glucose powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Glucose powder is a kind of glucose. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 178 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does glucose powder contain an allergen?
Glucose powder 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 powder vegan?
Yes. Glucose powder is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does glucose powder have on a label?
On European labels it is “Poudre de glucose” in French, “Glukosepulver” in German and “glucosio in polvere” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- Poudre de glucose
- German
- Glukosepulver
- Italian
- glucosio in polvere
- Danish
- glukosepulver
- Croatian
- glukoza u prahu
Which foods contain glucose powder?
Open Food Facts lists glucose powder in the ingredients of 178 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ice cream and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Italy.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 64 · France 27 · Italy 20 · United Kingdom 16.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where glucose powder turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is glucose powder?
Glucose powder is a kind of 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.
- Open Food Facts: Glucose powder
- 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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