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Organic sugar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Organic sugar 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 41 products, most often in sweets.

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Does organic sugar contain an allergen?

Organic sugar 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 organic sugar vegan?

Yes. Organic sugar 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 organic sugar have on a label?

On European labels it is “sucre bio” in French, “Zucker aus ökologischem Anbau” in German and “zucchero biologico” in Italian. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
sucre bio, sucre issu de l'agriculture biologique
German
Zucker aus ökologischem Anbau
Italian
zucchero biologico
Swedish
ekologiskt socker
Danish
økologisk sukker
Norwegian
økologisk sukker
Finnish
luomusokeri, luomu sokeri
Hungarian
bio cukor
Croatian
eko šećer

Which foods contain organic sugar?

Open Food Facts lists organic sugar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 41 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Canada.

  • Sweets12
  • Biscuits and cakes5
  • Sweetened drinks5
  • Breakfast cereals2
  • Ready meals2
  • Dairy desserts2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 27 · United States 7 · Canada 3 · Croatia 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is organic sugar?

Organic sugar is a kind of sugar.

Kinds of organic sugarOrganic cane sugarOrganic brown 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: Organic sugar
  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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