Ingredient dictionary
Manuka honey on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Manuka honey is a kind of honey. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 143 products, most often in sweets.
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Does manuka honey contain an allergen?
Manuka honey 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 manuka honey vegan?
No. Manuka honey is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does manuka honey have on a label?
On European labels it is “miel de Manuka” in French, “Manukahonig” in German and “miele di Manuka” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- miel de Manuka
- German
- Manukahonig, Manuka-Honig
- Italian
- miele di Manuka
- Danish
- Manukahonning
- Finnish
- manuka-hunaja, manukahunaja
- Croatian
- manuka med
Which foods contain manuka honey?
Open Food Facts lists manuka honey in the ingredients of 143 products, most often sweets, sweetened drinks and fats and spreads. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 56 · France 22 · Germany 22 · New Zealand 12.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where manuka honey turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is manuka honey?
Manuka honey is a kind of honey.
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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: Manuka honey
- 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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