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

Melado is a kind of molasses. 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 81 products, most often in sweets.

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Does melado contain an allergen?

Melado 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 melado vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of melado 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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Which foods contain melado?

Open Food Facts lists melado in the ingredients of 81 products, most often sweets, breakfast cereals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the Netherlands, France and Belgium.

  • Sweets30
  • Breakfast cereals5
  • Dressings and sauces2
  • Nuts1
  • Biscuits and cakes1
  • Soups1

Products with it, by country of sale: Netherlands 63 · France 8 · Belgium 6 · United States 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is melado?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, melado sits under molasses and sugar.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Melado
  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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