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Raw cacao powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Raw cacao powder is a kind of cocoa powder. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 67 products, most often in sweets.

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Does raw cacao powder contain an allergen?

Raw cacao powder 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 raw cacao powder vegan?

Yes. Raw cacao powder is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does raw cacao powder have on a label?

In English raw cacao powder can also read “Instant cocoa powder without sugar”. On European labels it is “poudre de cacao cru” in French, “Rohes Kakaopulver” in German and “cacao crudo in polvere” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

In EnglishInstant cocoa powder without sugar
French
poudre de cacao cru, poudre de cacao brute
German
Rohes Kakaopulver
Italian
cacao crudo in polvere
Croatian
sirovi kakao prah

Which foods contain raw cacao powder?

Open Food Facts lists raw cacao powder in the ingredients of 67 products, most often sweets, chocolate and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Sweets23
  • Chocolate6
  • Biscuits and cakes5
  • Sweetened drinks4
  • Unsweetened drinks2
  • Dairy desserts1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 50 · United Kingdom 9 · France 3 · Australia 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is raw cacao powder?

Raw cacao powder is a kind of cocoa powder.

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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: Raw cacao powder
  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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