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Oligofructose syrup on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Oligofructose syrup is a kind of oligofructose. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 236 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does oligofructose syrup contain an allergen?
Oligofructose syrup 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 oligofructose syrup vegan?
Yes. Oligofructose syrup is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does oligofructose syrup have on a label?
On European labels it is “sirop d'oligofructose” in French, “Oligofruktosesirup” in German and “jarabe de oligofructosa” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- sirop d'oligofructose
- German
- Oligofruktosesirup
- Spanish
- jarabe de oligofructosa, sirope de oligofructosa
- Italian
- sciroppo di oligofruttosio
- Dutch
- oligofructosestroop
- Finnish
- oligofruktoosisiirappi
- Croatian
- oligofruktozni sirup
Which foods contain oligofructose syrup?
Open Food Facts lists oligofructose syrup in the ingredients of 236 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and ice cream. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 94 · United Kingdom 31 · Germany 29 · Spain 26.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where oligofructose syrup turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is oligofructose syrup?
Oligofructose syrup is a kind of oligofructose.
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- Open Food Facts: Oligofructose syrup
- 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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