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Ingredient dictionary

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

Glucose is a kind of monosaccharide. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 213,918 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 399 kcal and 0 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does glucose contain an allergen?

Glucose 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 vegan?

Yes. Glucose 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “Glukose” in German, “glucosa” in Spanish and “Glucosio” in Italian. The other 11 languages are listed below.

German: Glukose
Spanish: glucosa
Italian: Glucosio
Portuguese: Glicose
Polish: Glukoza
Swedish: glukos, glykos
Danish: glukose
Norwegian: Glukose
Finnish: Glukoosi
Czech: Glukóza
Hungarian: glükóz, szőlőcukor
Romanian: glucoză, glucosa
Croatian: glukoza
Turkish: Glukoz

Which foods contain glucose?

Open Food Facts lists glucose or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 213,918 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and processed meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes30,568
Sweets21,118
Processed meat18,475
Ready meals9,803
Ice cream8,036
Sweetened drinks7,940

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 69,601 · France 67,112 · Germany 23,980 · United Kingdom 11,428.

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

How many calories are in glucose?

Glucose has about 399 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 100 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Sugar, white” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

399kcal per 100 g

0g protein

100g carbohydrate

0g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 100 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 1,700 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31016 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is glucose?

Glucose is a kind of monosaccharide.

Kinds of glucoseDextrose Corn syrup Glucose syrup Glucose-fructose syrup Grape sugar Glucose-fructose Glucose 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.

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