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

Maple syrup is a kind of disaccharide. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,565 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 262 kcal and 0 g protein.

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Does maple syrup contain an allergen?

Maple 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 maple syrup vegan?

Yes. Maple syrup 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 syrup have on a label?

On European labels it is “sirop d’érable” in French, “Ahornsirup” in German and “jarabe de arce” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French
sirop d’érable
German
Ahornsirup
Spanish
jarabe de arce, sirope de arce
Italian
sciroppo d'acero
Dutch
esdoornsiroop, ahornsiroop
Polish
syrop klonowy
Swedish
lönnsirap
Danish
ahornsirup
Finnish
vaahterasiirappi
Hungarian
juharszirup
Romanian
sirop de arţar
Croatian
javorov sirup

Which foods contain maple syrup?

Open Food Facts lists maple syrup or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,565 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes304
  • Breakfast cereals258
  • Pasta, rice and flour242
  • Processed meat142
  • Ready meals131
  • Sweets121

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,450 · France 402 · United Kingdom 235 · Canada 204.

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

How many calories are in maple syrup?

Maple syrup has about 262 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 67 g carbohydrate and 0.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “maple syrup” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

262kcal per 100 g
0g protein
67g carbohydrate
0.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 63 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 1,110 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31034. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is maple syrup?

Maple syrup is a kind of disaccharide.

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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 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
  4. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0

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