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Ingredient dictionary

Instant coffee on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Instant coffee is a kind of coffee. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,636 products, most often in tea and coffee. Per 100 g: about 296 kcal and 19 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does instant coffee contain an allergen?

Instant coffee 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 instant coffee vegan?

Yes. Instant coffee 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 instant coffee have on a label?

In English instant coffee can also read “soluble coffee”. On European labels it is “café soluble” in French, “löslicher kaffee” in German and “café soluble” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishsoluble coffee

French: café soluble, café instantané
German: löslicher kaffee
Spanish: café soluble, café instantáneo
Italian: caffè solubile
Dutch: oploskoffie, instantkoffie
Portuguese: café solúvel
Polish: kawa rozpuszczalna
Swedish: snabbkaffe
Norwegian: pulverkaffe
Finnish: pikakahvi
Czech: instantní káva
Hungarian: instant kávé
Croatian: instant kava, topiva kava
Turkish: hazır kahve

Which foods contain instant coffee?

Open Food Facts lists instant coffee or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,636 products, most often tea and coffee, sweetened drinks and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Tea and coffee719
Sweetened drinks302
Biscuits and cakes199
Sweets96
Dairy desserts79
Ice cream72

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,048 · United States 439 · United Kingdom 215 · Germany 183.

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

How many calories are in instant coffee?

Instant coffee has about 296 kcal per 100 g, with 19 g protein, 43 g carbohydrate and 1.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Coffee, powder, instant” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

296kcal per 100 g

19g protein

43g carbohydrate

1.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 0.2 g, fibre 19 g, salt 0.1 g, energy 1,250 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 18005. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is instant coffee?

Instant coffee is a kind of coffee.

Kinds of instant coffeeDecaffeinated instant coffee

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