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Refined olive oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Refined olive oil is a kind of virgin olive oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 272 products, most often in fats and spreads.
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Does refined olive oil contain an allergen?
Refined olive 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 refined olive oil vegan?
Yes. Refined olive oil is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does refined olive oil have on a label?
On European labels it is “huile d'olive rafinée” in French, “raffiniertes Olivenöl” in German and “aceite de oliva refinado” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- French
- huile d'olive rafinée
- German
- raffiniertes Olivenöl, Olivenöl raffiniert
- Spanish
- aceite de oliva refinado
- Italian
- Olio di oliva raffinato
- Portuguese
- azeite refinado, azeite de oliva refinado
- Polish
- rafinowana oliwa z oliwek
- Swedish
- raffinerad olivolja
- Croatian
- rafinirano maslinovo ulje
Which foods contain refined olive oil?
Open Food Facts lists refined olive oil in the ingredients of 272 products, most often fats and spreads, oily fish and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 132 · Spain 41 · United Kingdom 33 · Germany 15.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where refined olive oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is refined olive oil?
Refined olive oil is a kind of virgin olive oil.
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- Open Food Facts: Refined olive 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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