Ingredient dictionary
Prebiotics on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Prebiotics are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. Open Food Facts finds them in 1,256 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Do prebiotics contain an allergen?
Prebiotics are 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.
What other names do prebiotics have on a label?
On European labels they are “Prébiotiques” in French, “Präbiotikum” in German and “prebióticos” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.
- French
- Prébiotiques
- German
- Präbiotikum
- Spanish
- prebióticos
- Italian
- prebiotici
- Dutch
- Prebioticum
- Portuguese
- Prebiótico
- Swedish
- Prebiotika
- Danish
- Præbiotiske
- Finnish
- Prebiootti
- Croatian
- prebiotici, Prebiotik
Which foods contain prebiotics?
Open Food Facts lists prebiotics or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 1,256 products, most often biscuits and cakes, baby milks and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 481 · United States 266 · United Kingdom 91 · Spain 57.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where prebiotics turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are prebiotics?
Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers
Sources
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: Prebiotics
- 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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