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

Organic unrefined cane sugar is a kind of organic cane 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 55 products, most often in sweets.

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Does organic unrefined cane sugar contain an allergen?

Organic unrefined cane 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 unrefined cane sugar vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of organic unrefined cane sugar 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.

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What other names does organic unrefined cane sugar have on a label?

On European labels it is “Sucre roux de canne issu de l'agriculture biologique” in French, “unraffinierter Rohrzucker aus ökologischem Anbau” in German and “zucchero di canna biologico non raffinato” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
Sucre roux de canne issu de l'agriculture biologique, Sucre de canne biologique non raffiné
German
unraffinierter Rohrzucker aus ökologischem Anbau
Italian
zucchero di canna biologico non raffinato
Finnish
luomu raakaruokosokeri
Hungarian
finomítatlan bio nádcukor
Croatian
organski nerafinirani šećer od trske

Which foods contain organic unrefined cane sugar?

Open Food Facts lists organic unrefined cane sugar in the ingredients of 55 products, most often sweets, chocolate and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Italy.

  • Sweets34
  • Chocolate5
  • Biscuits and cakes5
  • Dairy desserts1
  • Bread1
  • Dressings and sauces1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 47 · France 7 · Italy 1 · Belgium 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is organic unrefined cane sugar?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, organic unrefined cane sugar sits under organic cane sugar and unrefined cane 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 unrefined cane 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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