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Non-hydrogenated vegetable fats on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Non-hydrogenated vegetable fats are a kind of vegetable fat. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 683 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Do non-hydrogenated vegetable fats contain an allergen?
Non-hydrogenated vegetable fats are 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.
Are non-hydrogenated vegetable fats vegan?
Yes. Non-hydrogenated vegetable fats are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.
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What other names do non-hydrogenated vegetable fats have on a label?
In English non-hydrogenated vegetable fats can also read “non-hydrogenated vegetable fat”. On European labels they are “matières grasses végétales non hydrogénées” in French, “ungehärtete Pflanzenfette” in German and “grasas vegetales no hydrogenadas” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- matières grasses végétales non hydrogénées, matière grasse végétale non hydrogénée
- German
- ungehärtete Pflanzenfette
- Spanish
- grasas vegetales no hydrogenadas
- Italian
- Grassi vegetali non idrogenati
- Swedish
- ej härdade vegetabilisk fetter
- Finnish
- kovettamattomat kasvirasvat, kovettamaton kasvirasva
- Croatian
- nehidrogenizirane biljne masti
Which foods contain non-hydrogenated vegetable fats?
Open Food Facts lists non-hydrogenated vegetable fats in the ingredients of 683 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, Bulgaria and Italy.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 409 · Bulgaria 70 · Italy 59 · United States 38.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where non-hydrogenated vegetable fats turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are non-hydrogenated vegetable fats?
Non-hydrogenated vegetable fats are a kind of vegetable fat.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Non-hydrogenated vegetable fats
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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