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Skimmed cocoa powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Skimmed cocoa 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 129 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does skimmed cocoa powder contain an allergen?

Skimmed cocoa 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 skimmed cocoa powder vegan?

Yes. Skimmed cocoa 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 skimmed cocoa powder have on a label?

On European labels it is “Magerkakaopulver” in German, “Polvere di cacao magra” in Italian and “skummet kakaopulver” in Swedish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

German
Magerkakaopulver, entrahmtes Kakaopulver
Italian
Polvere di cacao magra
Swedish
skummet kakaopulver
Danish
skummet kakaopulver
Croatian
obrani kakao prah

Which foods contain skimmed cocoa powder?

Open Food Facts lists skimmed cocoa powder in the ingredients of 129 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and chocolate. Most of them are sold in Germany, the Netherlands and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes30
  • Sweets25
  • Chocolate18
  • Milk and yoghurt6
  • Dairy desserts3
  • Ice cream2

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 37 · Netherlands 17 · France 16 · Austria 16.

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

What kind of ingredient is skimmed cocoa powder?

Skimmed cocoa 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: Skimmed cocoa 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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