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Ingredient dictionary

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

Honey is a kind of added sugar. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 36,695 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 326 kcal and 0.6 g protein.

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

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Does honey contain an allergen?

Honey 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 honey vegan?

No. Honey is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is vegetarian.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.

VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

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

What other names does honey have on a label?

On European labels it is “miel” in French, “Honig” in German and “miel” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: miel
German: Honig
Spanish: miel, miel de azahar
Italian: miele
Dutch: honing
Portuguese: mel
Polish: miód, miodu
Swedish: honung
Danish: honning
Norwegian: honning
Finnish: hunaja
Czech: med
Hungarian: méz
Romanian: miere
Croatian: med
Turkish: Bal

Which foods contain honey?

Open Food Facts lists honey or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 36,695 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Sweets6,167
Biscuits and cakes5,415
Breakfast cereals2,641
Dressings and sauces1,785
Pasta, rice and flour1,377
Bread1,327

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 18,491 · France 9,179 · Germany 2,664 · United Kingdom 1,434.

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

How many calories are in honey?

Honey has about 326 kcal per 100 g, with 0.6 g protein, 82 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Honey” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

326kcal per 100 g

0.6g protein

82g carbohydrate

0g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 80 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 1,390 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31008. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is honey?

Honey is a kind of added sugar.

Kinds of honeyFlower honey Acacia honey Blend of honeys Honey from France Manuka honey Lavander honey Bee honey Clover honey Orange blossom honey Mountain honey Forest honeyThyme honeyLinden honeyRosemary honeyCreamy honeyLiquid honey

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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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