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Icing sugar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Icing sugar is a kind of sugar. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,696 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does icing sugar contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link icing sugar to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is icing sugar vegan?

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

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
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 icing sugar have on a label?

In English icing sugar can also read “powdered sugar”. On European labels it is “sucre glace” in French, “Puderzucker” in German and “Azúcar glasé” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishpowdered sugar
French
sucre glace, sucre en poudre
German
Puderzucker, Azucar en polvo
Spanish
Azúcar glasé
Italian
zucchero a velo
Dutch
poedersuiker, glazuursuiker
Portuguese
Açúcar em pó
Polish
cukier puder
Swedish
florsocker
Danish
flormelis
Finnish
tomusokeri
Hungarian
porcukor
Croatian
šećerni posip

Which foods contain icing sugar?

Open Food Facts lists icing sugar in the ingredients of 4,696 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and ice cream. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes2,070
  • Sweets388
  • Ice cream134
  • Savoury snacks63
  • Pastries52
  • Chocolate50

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,747 · France 1,058 · United Kingdom 234 · Germany 140.

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

What kind of ingredient is icing sugar?

Icing sugar is a kind of sugar.

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

Sources

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: Icing sugar
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Powdered sugar

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