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

Hydrogenated palm kernel oil is a kind of palm kernel oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,905 products, most often in sweets.

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Does hydrogenated palm kernel oil contain an allergen?

Hydrogenated palm kernel 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 palm kernel oil vegan?

Yes. Hydrogenated palm kernel oil 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 hydrogenated palm kernel oil have on a label?

In English hydrogenated palm kernel oil can also read “hydrogenated palm kernel”. On European labels it is “huile de palmiste hydrogénée” in French, “Palmkernöl hydriert” in German and “aceite de palmiste hidrogenado” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishhydrogenated palm kernel
French
huile de palmiste hydrogénée
German
Palmkernöl hydriert
Spanish
aceite de palmiste hidrogenado, aceite de palmiche hidrogenado
Italian
olio di palmisti idrogenato
Dutch
Gehydrogeneerde palmpitolie
Swedish
härdat palmkärnolja, härdat palmkärna
Finnish
kovettu palmuydinöljy, kovetettu palmuydin
Czech
ztužený palmojádrový olej
Croatian
hidrogenirano ulje palminih koštica

Which foods contain hydrogenated palm kernel oil?

Open Food Facts lists hydrogenated palm kernel oil in the ingredients of 2,905 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Sweets990
  • Biscuits and cakes650
  • Pasta, rice and flour57
  • Chocolate23
  • Sweetened drinks14
  • Milk and yoghurt13

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,650 · France 118 · Canada 99 · Philippines 22.

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

What kind of ingredient is hydrogenated palm kernel oil?

Hydrogenated palm kernel oil is a kind of palm kernel oil.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Hydrogenated palm kernel oil
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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