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Hydrolysed corn protein on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Hydrolysed corn protein is a kind of corn protein. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,764 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does hydrolysed corn protein contain an allergen?
Hydrolysed corn protein 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 hydrolysed corn protein vegan?
Yes. Hydrolysed corn protein is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does hydrolysed corn protein have on a label?
On European labels it is “protéine de maïs hydrolysée” in French, “Maisproteinhydrolysat” in German and “proteína de maíz hidrolizada” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.
- French
- protéine de maïs hydrolysée
- German
- Maisproteinhydrolysat
- Spanish
- proteína de maíz hidrolizada
- Italian
- Proteine di mais idrolizzate
- Dutch
- gehydroliseerd maïseiwit, gehydrolyseerd mais-eiwit
- Portuguese
- proteína de milho hidrolisada
- Polish
- hydrolizat białka kukurydzy, hydrolizat białka kukurydzianego
- Swedish
- hydrolyserat majsprotein
- Finnish
- hydrolysoitu maissiproteiini, maissiproteiinihydrosylaatti
- Hungarian
- hidrolizált kukoricafehérje
- Croatian
- hidrolizirane bjelančevine kukuruza
Which foods contain hydrolysed corn protein?
Open Food Facts lists hydrolysed corn protein in the ingredients of 2,764 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the Netherlands.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,334 · France 107 · Netherlands 91 · Canada 88.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where hydrolysed corn protein turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is hydrolysed corn protein?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, hydrolysed corn protein sits under corn protein and hydrolysed vegetable protein.
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- Open Food Facts: Hydrolysed corn protein
- 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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