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Ingredient dictionary

Hydrogenated oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Hydrogenated oil is a kind of oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 5,327 products, most often in sweets.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does hydrogenated oil contain an allergen?

Hydrogenated oil 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 hydrogenated oil vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of hydrogenated oil are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.

VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

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

What other names does hydrogenated oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “Huile hydrogénée” in French, “gehärtetes öl” in German and “aceite hidrogenado” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French: Huile hydrogénée
German: gehärtetes öl
Spanish: aceite hidrogenado
Italian: olio idrogenato
Dutch: Gehydrogeneerde olie
Norwegian: hydrogenert olje
Finnish: kovetettu öljy, hydrogenoitu öljy
Hungarian: hidrogénezett olaj
Croatian: hidrogenirano ulje

Which foods contain hydrogenated oil?

Open Food Facts lists hydrogenated oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 5,327 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and fats and spreads. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

Sweets972
Biscuits and cakes867
Fats and spreads400
Beans and pulses236
Pasta, rice and flour167
Bread118

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,839 · France 505 · Canada 180 · India 125.

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

What kind of ingredient is hydrogenated oil?

Hydrogenated oil is a kind of oil.

Kinds of hydrogenated oilHydrogenated vegetable oil

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