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Palm kernel oil and fat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Palm kernel oil and fat is a kind of vegetable oil and fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 24,879 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does palm kernel oil and fat contain an allergen?
Palm kernel oil and fat 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 palm kernel oil and fat vegan?
Yes. Palm kernel oil and fat is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does palm kernel oil and fat have on a label?
On European labels it is “Huile et matière grasse de palmiste” in French, “Palmkernöl und Fett” in German and “aceite y grasa de palmiste” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.
- French
- Huile et matière grasse de palmiste
- German
- Palmkernöl und Fett
- Spanish
- aceite y grasa de palmiste
- Italian
- Oli e grassi di palmisti
- Dutch
- palmpitolie en vet
- Polish
- oleje i tluszcze z ziaren palmy
- Danish
- palmekerneolie og -fedt
- Finnish
- palmuydinöljy ja -rasva
- Czech
- palmojádrový olej a tuk
- Hungarian
- pálmamagolaj és -zsír
- Croatian
- ulje i mast palminih koštica
Which foods contain palm kernel oil and fat?
Open Food Facts lists palm kernel oil and fat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 24,879 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and chocolate. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 16,839 · France 3,696 · Germany 1,029 · Canada 782.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where palm kernel oil and fat turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is palm kernel oil and fat?
Palm kernel oil and fat is a kind of vegetable oil and 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: Palm kernel oil and fat
- 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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