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High oleic sunflower on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
High oleic sunflower is a kind of sunflower oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 307 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does high oleic sunflower contain an allergen?
High oleic sunflower 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 high oleic sunflower vegan?
Yes. High oleic sunflower is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does high oleic sunflower have on a label?
On European labels it is “tournesol oléique” in French, “High-Oleic-Sonnenblumen” in German and “girasol alto oleico” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- tournesol oléique
- German
- High-Oleic-Sonnenblumen, HO-Sonnenblumen
- Spanish
- girasol alto oleico
- Italian
- girasole alto oleico
- Polish
- wysoko oleinowy olej słonecznikowy
- Danish
- solsikkeolie med højt fedtsyreindhold
- Croatian
- visoko oleinskog suncokreta
Which foods contain high oleic sunflower?
Open Food Facts lists high oleic sunflower in the ingredients of 307 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweetened drinks and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Italy.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 157 · France 80 · Italy 49 · Spain 25.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where high oleic sunflower turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is high oleic sunflower?
High oleic sunflower is a kind of sunflower oil.
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- Open Food Facts: High oleic sunflower
- 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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