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Ingredient dictionary

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

Hydrogenated vegetable oil is a kind of hydrogenated 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 5,016 products, most often in sweets.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

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Does hydrogenated vegetable oil contain an allergen?

Hydrogenated vegetable 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 vegetable oil vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of hydrogenated vegetable 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.

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What other names does hydrogenated vegetable oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “huile végétale hydrogénée” in French, “pflanzliches Öl gehärtet” in German and “aceite vegetal hidrogenado” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French: huile végétale hydrogénée
German: pflanzliches Öl gehärtet
Spanish: aceite vegetal hidrogenado
Italian: Olio vegetale idrogenato
Swedish: härdade vegetabiliska oljor
Danish: hærdet vegetabilsk olie
Hungarian: hidrogénezett növényi olaj
Croatian: hidrogenirano biljno ulje
Turkish: hidrojene bitkisel yağ

Which foods contain hydrogenated vegetable oil?

Open Food Facts lists hydrogenated vegetable oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 5,016 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and fats and spreads. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

Sweets867
Biscuits and cakes816
Fats and spreads385
Beans and pulses232
Pasta, rice and flour160
Bread117

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,573 · France 494 · Canada 175 · Mexico 98.

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

What kind of ingredient is hydrogenated vegetable oil?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, hydrogenated vegetable oil sits under hydrogenated oil and vegetable oil.

Kinds of hydrogenated vegetable oilHydrogenated palm oilHydrogenated soy oilHydrogenated cottonseed oilPartially hydrogenated vegetable oilFully hydrogenated vegetable oil

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