Ingredient dictionary
Plant sterol ester on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Whether plant sterol ester carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 52 products, most often in margarine.
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Does plant sterol ester contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link plant sterol ester to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is plant sterol ester vegan?
Yes. Plant sterol ester is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does plant sterol ester have on a label?
On European labels it is “ester de stérol végétal” in French, “éster de esterol vegetal” in Spanish and “estry steroli roślinnych” in Polish. One more language is listed below.
- French
- ester de stérol végétal, esters de stérol végétal
- Spanish
- éster de esterol vegetal, ésteres de esteroles vegetales
- Polish
- estry steroli roślinnych
- Finnish
- kasvisteroliesteri, kasvisteroliesterit
Which foods contain plant sterol ester?
Open Food Facts lists plant sterol ester in the ingredients of 52 products, most often margarine, milk and yoghurt and drinks with sweeteners. Most of them are sold in Spain, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Products with it, by country of sale: Spain 21 · United Kingdom 18 · Ireland 6 · France 5.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where plant sterol ester turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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- Open Food Facts: Plant sterol ester
- 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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