Ingredient dictionary
Maltodextrin on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Whether maltodextrin carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 69,994 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does maltodextrin contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link maltodextrin to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is maltodextrin vegan?
Yes. Maltodextrin is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does maltodextrin have on a label?
In English maltodextrin can also read “maltodextrins”, “maltodextrine” or “malto dextrin”. On European labels it is “Maltodextrines” in French, “Maltodextrine” in German and “Maltodextrinas” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.
- French
- Maltodextrines, maltodextrine
- German
- Maltodextrine
- Spanish
- Maltodextrinas, maltodextrina
- Italian
- Maltodestrine, maltodestrina
- Dutch
- Maltodextrine
- Portuguese
- Maltodextrinas, maltodextrina
- Polish
- Maltodekstryny, Maltodekstryna
- Swedish
- Maltodextriner
- Norwegian
- maltodekstrin
- Finnish
- maltodekstriini, maltodekstriiniä
- Czech
- Maltodextriny
- Romanian
- maltodextrină, maltodextrina
- Croatian
- maltodekstrin, maltodekstrini
Which foods contain maltodextrin?
Open Food Facts lists maltodextrin or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 69,994 products, most often ready meals, biscuits and cakes and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 36,545 · France 11,023 · Germany 5,704 · United Kingdom 3,378.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where maltodextrin turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is maltodextrin?
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
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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: Maltodextrin
- 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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