Ingredient dictionary
Tapioca syrup on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Tapioca syrup is a kind of disaccharide. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,680 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does tapioca syrup contain an allergen?
Tapioca syrup 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 tapioca syrup vegan?
Yes. Tapioca syrup is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does tapioca syrup have on a label?
On European labels it is “sirop de tapioca” in French, “Tapiokasirup” in German and “sirope de tapioca” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- sirop de tapioca
- German
- Tapiokasirup
- Spanish
- sirope de tapioca, jarabe de tapioca
- Italian
- Sciroppo di Tapioca
- Dutch
- tapiocastroop
- Croatian
- sirup od tapioke
Which foods contain tapioca syrup?
Open Food Facts lists tapioca syrup in the ingredients of 4,680 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, Canada and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 4,192 · Canada 160 · France 154 · Germany 52.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where tapioca syrup turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is tapioca syrup?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, tapioca syrup sits under disaccharide and syrup.
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- Open Food Facts: Tapioca syrup
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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