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Maple sugar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Maple sugar is a kind of sugar. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 887 products, most often in sweets.

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Does maple sugar contain an allergen?

Maple sugar 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 maple sugar vegan?

Yes. Maple sugar 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 maple sugar have on a label?

On European labels it is “sucre d'érable” in French, “Ahornzucker” in German and “azúcar de arce” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
sucre d'érable
German
Ahornzucker
Spanish
azúcar de arce
Italian
zucchero d'acero
Swedish
lönnsocker
Danish
lønsukker
Croatian
javorov šećer

Which foods contain maple sugar?

Open Food Facts lists maple sugar in the ingredients of 887 products, most often sweets, processed meat and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, Canada and France.

  • Sweets149
  • Processed meat81
  • Pasta, rice and flour66
  • Breakfast cereals59
  • Biscuits and cakes47
  • Meat30

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 800 · Canada 34 · France 17 · United Kingdom 11.

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

What kind of ingredient is maple sugar?

Maple sugar is a kind of sugar.

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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: Maple sugar
  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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