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Palm oil and fat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Palm 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 101,467 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 900 kcal and 0 g protein.
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Does palm oil and fat contain an allergen?
Palm 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 oil and fat vegan?
Yes. Palm 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 oil and fat have on a label?
On European labels it is “huile et matière grasse de palme” in French, “palmöl und Palmfett” in German and “Aceite y grasa de palma” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- huile et matière grasse de palme, Matieres grasses et huile végétale de palme
- German
- palmöl und Palmfett, Palmöl und Fett
- Spanish
- Aceite y grasa de palma
- Italian
- olio e grasso di palma
- Dutch
- palm olie en vet
- Portuguese
- Óleo de Palma e gordura, Óleo de Palma e lípido
- Polish
- Olej i tłuszcz palmowy
- Swedish
- Palmolja och fett
- Danish
- palmeolie og fedt
- Norwegian
- palmeolje og fett
- Finnish
- palmuöljy ja -rasva
- Czech
- Palmový olej a tuk
- Hungarian
- pálmaolaj és -zsír, pálmaolaj és pálmazsír
- Croatian
- palmino ulje i mast
- Turkish
- palmiye yağı ve yağ
Which foods contain palm oil and fat?
Open Food Facts lists palm oil and fat or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 101,467 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 42,385 · France 22,845 · Germany 10,022 · United Kingdom 8,134.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where palm oil and fat turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in palm oil and fat?
Palm oil and fat has about 900 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 100 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Palm oil” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 49 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0 g, energy 3,700 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 16129 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is palm oil and fat?
Palm 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 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
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
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