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Tapioca maltodextrin on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Tapioca maltodextrin is a kind of maltodextrin. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,089 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does tapioca maltodextrin contain an allergen?

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

Is tapioca maltodextrin vegan?

Yes. Tapioca maltodextrin 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 tapioca maltodextrin have on a label?

On European labels it is “maltodextrine de tapioca” in French, “Tapioka Maltodextrin” in German and “Maltodextrina de tapioca” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
maltodextrine de tapioca, malto-dextrine de tapioca
German
Tapioka Maltodextrin, Tapioka-Maltodextrin
Spanish
Maltodextrina de tapioca
Italian
maltodestrine da tapioca
Polish
maltodekstryna z tapioki
Finnish
tapiokamaltodekstriini
Croatian
tapioka maltodekstrin

Which foods contain tapioca maltodextrin?

Open Food Facts lists tapioca maltodextrin in the ingredients of 1,089 products, most often ready meals, bread and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Ready meals105
  • Bread47
  • Savoury snacks45
  • Biscuits and cakes35
  • Dressings and sauces33
  • Pasta, rice and flour19

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 864 · France 95 · Canada 45 · United Kingdom 21.

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

What kind of ingredient is tapioca maltodextrin?

Tapioca maltodextrin is a kind of maltodextrin.

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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: Tapioca maltodextrin
  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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