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Sweetcorn on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Sweetcorn is a kind of corn. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,019 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does sweetcorn contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link sweetcorn to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is sweetcorn vegan?

Yes. Sweetcorn 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 sweetcorn have on a label?

In English sweetcorn can also read “sweet corn”, “sweet corn in kernels” or “tender sweet maize”. On European labels it is “maïs doux” in French, “Süßmais” in German and “maíz dulce” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishsweet cornsweet corn in kernelstender sweet maize
French
maïs doux, mais doux
German
Süßmais, Süssmais
Spanish
maíz dulce, maiz dulce
Italian
mais dolce
Dutch
suikermaïs, zoete maïs
Portuguese
milgo doce
Polish
kukurydza słodka, słodka kukurydza
Finnish
sokerimaissi
Hungarian
csemegekukorica
Croatian
kukuruz šećerac

Which foods contain sweetcorn?

Open Food Facts lists sweetcorn in the ingredients of 2,019 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  • Pasta, rice and flour521
  • Ready meals478
  • Vegetables188
  • Sandwiches30
  • Dressings and sauces26
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches23

Products with it, by country of sale: France 637 · United Kingdom 472 · United States 396 · Germany 155.

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

What kind of ingredient is sweetcorn?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, sweetcorn sits under corn and pod and seed vegetable.

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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: Sweetcorn
  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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