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Ingredient dictionary

Palm kernel oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Palm kernel oil is a kind of palm kernel oil and fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 22,416 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does palm kernel oil contain an allergen?

Palm kernel oil 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 vegan?

Yes. Palm kernel oil 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 palm kernel oil have on a label?

In English palm kernel oil can also read “palm kernel” or “palm kernel vegetable oil”. On European labels it is “huile de palmiste” in French, “Palmkernöl” in German and “aceite de palmiste” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishpalm kernelpalm kernel vegetable oil

French: huile de palmiste, huile végétale de palmiste
German: Palmkernöl, Palmkern
Spanish: aceite de palmiste, palmiste
Italian: olio di palmisto, palmisto
Dutch: Palmkernolie, palmpit
Portuguese: óleo de palmiste, palmiste
Polish: olej z ziaren palmowych, olej roślinny z ziaren palmowych
Swedish: palmkärnolja, palmkärna
Danish: palmekerneolie, palmekerne olie
Norwegian: palmekjerneolje, palmekjerne
Finnish: palmuydinöljy, palmunydinöljy
Czech: palmojádrový olej
Hungarian: pálmamagolaj, pálmamag
Romanian: sâmburi de palmier
Croatian: ulje palminih koštica, palmine koštice

Which foods contain palm kernel oil?

Open Food Facts lists palm kernel oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 22,416 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

Biscuits and cakes6,226
Sweets3,913
Pasta, rice and flour380
Chocolate290
Plant-based drinks244
Fats and spreads226

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 16,762 · France 1,994 · Canada 744 · Germany 667.

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

What kind of ingredient is palm kernel oil?

Palm kernel oil is a kind of palm kernel oil and fat.

Kinds of palm kernel oilHydrogenated palm kernel oil Fractionated palm kernel oil Palm and palm kernel oilPalm or palm kernel oil

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