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Partially hydrogenated palm oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Partially hydrogenated palm oil is a kind of hydrogenated palm oil. 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 478 products, most often in sweets.
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Does partially hydrogenated palm oil contain an allergen?
Partially hydrogenated palm 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 partially hydrogenated palm oil vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of partially hydrogenated palm oil are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.
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What other names does partially hydrogenated palm oil have on a label?
On European labels it is “huile de palme partiellement hydrogénée” in French, “teilgehärtetes Palmöl” in German and “Aceite de palma parcialmente hidrogenado” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.
- French
- huile de palme partiellement hydrogénée
- German
- teilgehärtetes Palmöl, teilweise hydriertes Palmöl
- Spanish
- Aceite de palma parcialmente hidrogenado
- Italian
- Olio di palma parzialmente idrogenato
- Dutch
- gedeeltelijk geharde palmolie
- Polish
- częściowo utwardzony olej palmowy, olej roślinny palmowy częściowo utwardzony
- Finnish
- osittain kovetettu palmuöljy, osittain hydrogenoitu palmuöljy
- Hungarian
- részben hidrogénezett pálmaolaj, részlegesen hidrogénezett pálmaolaj
- Romanian
- ulei de palmier parţial hidrogenat
- Croatian
- djelomično hidrogenirano palmino ulje
Which foods contain partially hydrogenated palm oil?
Open Food Facts lists partially hydrogenated palm oil in the ingredients of 478 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and plant-based drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Bulgaria.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 384 · France 58 · Bulgaria 10 · United Kingdom 6.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where partially hydrogenated palm oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is partially hydrogenated palm oil?
Partially hydrogenated palm oil is a kind of hydrogenated palm oil.
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- Open Food Facts: Partially hydrogenated palm oil
- 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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