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Ingredient dictionary

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

Monosaccharide is a kind of added sugar. 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 234,977 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

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Does monosaccharide contain an allergen?

Monosaccharide 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 monosaccharide vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of monosaccharide 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does monosaccharide have on a label?

On European labels it is “monosaccharides” in French, “monosacáridos” in Spanish and “monosaccaridi” in Italian. The other 11 languages are listed below.

French: monosaccharides
Spanish: monosacáridos
Italian: monosaccaridi
Dutch: monosachariden
Portuguese: monossacarídeos
Polish: cukry proste, monosacharydy
Swedish: Monosackarid
Danish: monosaccharid
Finnish: monosakkaridi
Czech: monosacharid
Hungarian: Monoszacharid
Romanian: Monozaharidă
Croatian: monosaharid
Turkish: Monosakkarit

Which foods contain monosaccharide?

Open Food Facts lists monosaccharide or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 234,977 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and processed meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes36,228
Sweets23,055
Processed meat18,514
Ready meals10,058
Sweetened drinks9,646
Ice cream8,228

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 78,359 · France 72,242 · Germany 25,965 · United Kingdom 12,887.

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

What kind of ingredient is monosaccharide?

Monosaccharide is a kind of added sugar.

Kinds of monosaccharideGlucose Fructose Invert 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.

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