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Lukuma powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Lukuma powder is a kind of lukuma. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 50 products, most often in chocolate.

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Does lukuma powder contain an allergen?

Lukuma powder 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 lukuma powder vegan?

Yes. Lukuma powder 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 lukuma powder have on a label?

On European labels it is “lucuma en poudre” in French, “Lucuma-Pulver” in German and “polvere di Lukuma” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
lucuma en poudre
German
Lucuma-Pulver, lucumapulver
Italian
polvere di Lukuma
Polish
sproszkowane owowce lucuma
Croatian
lukuma u prahu

Which foods contain lukuma powder?

Open Food Facts lists lukuma powder in the ingredients of 50 products, most often chocolate, breakfast cereals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Switzerland.

  • Chocolate19
  • Breakfast cereals6
  • Biscuits and cakes3
  • Fruit and vegetables1
  • Pasta, rice and flour1
  • Ice cream1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 37 · Germany 12 · Switzerland 7 · Netherlands 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is lukuma powder?

Lukuma powder is a kind of lukuma.

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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: Lukuma powder
  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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