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Shea butter on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Shea butter is a kind of vegetable fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 8,272 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does shea butter contain an allergen?

Shea butter 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 shea butter vegan?

Yes. Shea butter 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 shea butter have on a label?

In English shea butter can also read “shea” or “shea fat”. On European labels it is “beurre de karité” in French, “Sheabutter” in German and “manteca de karité” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishsheashea fat
French
beurre de karité, matière grasse de karité
German
Sheabutter, Shea
Spanish
manteca de karité, grasa de karite
Italian
Burro di karité, karité
Dutch
sheaboter, shea
Portuguese
ori, shea
Polish
masło shea, shea
Swedish
Sheasmör, shea
Danish
sheasmør, shea
Norwegian
sheasmør, shea
Finnish
karitevoi, sheavoi
Czech
bambucké máslo, bambucký tuk
Hungarian
sheavaj, shea
Romanian
unt de shea, shea
Croatian
shea maslac, shea

Which foods contain shea butter?

Open Food Facts lists shea butter in the ingredients of 8,272 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and chocolate. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes2,100
  • Sweets1,620
  • Chocolate863
  • Margarine136
  • Ice cream124
  • Breakfast cereals77

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,728 · United Kingdom 1,472 · Germany 1,238 · United States 1,062.

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

What kind of ingredient is shea butter?

Shea butter is a kind of vegetable fat.

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

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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: Shea butter
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Shea butter

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