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Partially inverted sugar syrup on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Partially inverted sugar syrup is a kind of invert sugar syrup. 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 590 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does partially inverted sugar syrup contain an allergen?

Partially inverted sugar syrup 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 inverted sugar syrup vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of partially inverted sugar syrup 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 partially inverted sugar syrup have on a label?

On European labels it is “sirop de sucre partiellement inverti” in French, “teilweise invertierter Zuckersirup” in German and “jarabe de azucar parcialmente invertido” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
sirop de sucre partiellement inverti
German
teilweise invertierter Zuckersirup
Spanish
jarabe de azucar parcialmente invertido, sirope de azucar parcialmente invertido
Italian
sciroppo di zucchero parzialmente invertito
Swedish
delvis inverterad sockersirap
Finnish
osittain invertoitu sokerisiirappi
Croatian
djelomično invertirani šećerni sirup

Which foods contain partially inverted sugar syrup?

Open Food Facts lists partially inverted sugar syrup in the ingredients of 590 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, France and the United States.

  • Biscuits and cakes309
  • Breakfast cereals18
  • Sweets13
  • Bread12
  • Savoury snacks7
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches5

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 357 · France 152 · United States 59 · Ireland 42.

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

What kind of ingredient is partially inverted sugar syrup?

Partially inverted sugar syrup is a kind of invert sugar syrup.

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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: Partially inverted sugar syrup
  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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