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

Shea oil is a kind of vegetable oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 660 products, most often in sweets.

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Does shea oil contain an allergen?

Shea 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 shea oil vegan?

Yes. Shea oil 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 oil have on a label?

In English shea oil can also read “sheanut oil”. On European labels it is “Sheaöl” in German, “olio di karité” in Italian and “olej shea” in Polish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishsheanut oil
German
Sheaöl
Italian
olio di karité
Polish
olej shea, olej roślinny shea
Swedish
sheaolja
Danish
sheaolie
Czech
bambucký olej
Romanian
ulei de shea
Croatian
shea ulje

Which foods contain shea oil?

Open Food Facts lists shea oil in the ingredients of 660 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and chocolate. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Sweets146
  • Biscuits and cakes145
  • Chocolate46
  • Margarine12
  • Ice cream8
  • Meat5

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 225 · United Kingdom 185 · France 66 · Germany 38.

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

What kind of ingredient is shea oil?

Shea oil is a kind of vegetable oil.

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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 oil
  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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