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Maltose syrup on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Maltose syrup is a kind of maltose. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 312 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does maltose syrup contain an allergen?

Maltose syrup 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 maltose syrup vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of maltose syrup 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.

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What other names does maltose syrup have on a label?

On European labels it is “Sirop de maltose” in French, “Maltosesirup” in German and “sciroppo di maltosio” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
Sirop de maltose
German
Maltosesirup
Italian
sciroppo di maltosio
Portuguese
xarope de maltose
Polish
syrop maltozowy
Finnish
maltoosisiirappi
Croatian
maltozni sirup

Which foods contain maltose syrup?

Open Food Facts lists maltose syrup or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 312 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes70
  • Sweets64
  • Ready meals14
  • Pasta, rice and flour8
  • Ice cream6
  • Breakfast cereals6

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 93 · France 59 · Germany 36 · United Kingdom 24.

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

What kind of ingredient is maltose syrup?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, maltose syrup sits under maltose and syrup.

Kinds of maltose syrupOrganic maltose syrup

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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: Maltose syrup
  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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