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Modified palm oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Modified palm oil is a kind of palm oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,405 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does modified palm oil contain an allergen?

Modified palm oil 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 modified palm oil vegan?

Yes. Modified palm oil 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 modified palm oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “huile de palme modifiée” in French, “Modifiziertes Palmöl” in German and “Aceite de palma modificada” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
huile de palme modifiée, huile de palme transformée
German
Modifiziertes Palmöl
Spanish
Aceite de palma modificada
Italian
Olio di palma modificato
Dutch
Gemodificeerde palmolie
Finnish
muunnettu palmuöljy
Hungarian
módosított pálmaolaj
Croatian
modificirano palmino ulje

Which foods contain modified palm oil?

Open Food Facts lists modified palm oil in the ingredients of 1,405 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in Canada, the United States and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes634
  • Sweets90
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches33
  • Chocolate23
  • Ice cream19
  • Bread17

Products with it, by country of sale: Canada 683 · United States 673 · France 88 · Germany 10.

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

What kind of ingredient is modified palm oil?

Modified palm oil is a kind of palm oil.

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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: Modified palm oil
  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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