Ingredient dictionary
Maize bran on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Maize bran is a kind of corn. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 338 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.
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Does maize bran contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link maize bran to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is maize bran vegan?
Yes. Maize bran is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does maize bran have on a label?
In English maize bran can also read “Corn bran”. On European labels it is “Son de maïs” in French, “crusca di mais” in Italian and “kukuruzne mekinje” in Croatian.
- French
- Son de maïs
- Italian
- crusca di mais
- Croatian
- kukuruzne mekinje
Which foods contain maize bran?
Open Food Facts lists maize bran or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 338 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, breakfast cereals and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 261 · France 35 · Canada 27 · United Kingdom 12.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where maize bran turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is maize bran?
Maize bran is a kind of corn.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Maize bran
- 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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