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Ingredient dictionary

Margarine on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Margarine is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. Open Food Facts finds it in 9,644 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 521 kcal and 0.2 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

Does margarine contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link margarine to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

What other names does margarine have on a label?

On European labels it is “margarina” in Spanish, “margarina” in Italian and “margarina” in Portuguese. The other 5 languages are listed below.

Spanish: margarina
Italian: margarina
Portuguese: margarina
Polish: Margaryna, margaryny
Finnish: margariini
Czech: Margarín
Romanian: Margarină
Croatian: margarin

Which foods contain margarine?

Open Food Facts lists margarine or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 9,644 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes4,141
Ready meals422
Pizzas, pies and quiches399
Bread384
Pastries329
Pasta, rice and flour259

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,779 · France 2,274 · Germany 620 · United Kingdom 397.

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

How many calories are in margarine?

Margarine has about 521 kcal per 100 g, with 0.2 g protein, 0.2 g carbohydrate and 58 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Vegetable fat -margarine type-, spreadable, 50-63% fat, light, unsalted, rich in omega 3” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

521kcal per 100 g

0.2g protein

0.2g carbohydrate

58g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.2 g, saturated fat 15 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.37 g, energy 2,140 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16737 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is margarine?

Kinds of margarineVegetable margarine

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

Sources

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.

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