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

Muscovado is a kind of sugar. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 386 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does muscovado contain an allergen?

Muscovado 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 muscovado vegan?

Yes. Muscovado 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 muscovado have on a label?

In English muscovado can also read “muscovado sugar”. On European labels it is “Sucre muscovado” in French, “Muscovado-Zucker” in German and “Azúcar mascabado” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishmuscovado sugar
French
Sucre muscovado
German
Muscovado-Zucker, Muscovadozucker
Spanish
Azúcar mascabado
Italian
Zucchero muscovado
Dutch
bruine suiker
Portuguese
açúcar mascavado
Swedish
Muscovadosocker
Danish
Muscovadosukker

Which foods contain muscovado?

Open Food Facts lists muscovado in the ingredients of 386 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, Mexico and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes38
  • Ready meals30
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches24
  • Breakfast cereals24
  • Sandwiches22
  • Dressings and sauces18

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 240 · Mexico 49 · France 39 · Netherlands 14.

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

What kind of ingredient is muscovado?

Muscovado is a kind of 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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Muscovado
  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. Wikipedia: Muscovado

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