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Sugar cube on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Sugar cube is a kind of sugar. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 21 products, most often in sweets.

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Does sugar cube contain an allergen?

Sugar cube 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 sugar cube vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of sugar cube are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

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What other names does sugar cube have on a label?

On European labels it is “Sucre en morceaux” in French, “Würfelzucker” in German and “zolletta di zucchero” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
Sucre en morceaux
German
Würfelzucker
Italian
zolletta di zucchero
Danish
sukkerknald
Finnish
palasokeri
Croatian
bijeli šećer u kocki

Which foods contain sugar cube?

Open Food Facts lists sugar cube or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 21 products, most often sweets and pastries. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Italy.

  • Sweets20
  • Pastries1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 16 · Germany 3 · Italy 2 · Senegal 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is sugar cube?

Sugar cube is a kind of sugar.

Kinds of sugar cubeCane sugar cube

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Sources

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: Sugar cube
  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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