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Unhydrogenated coconut oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Unhydrogenated coconut oil is a kind of coconut oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 116 products, most often in bread.

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Does unhydrogenated coconut oil contain an allergen?

Unhydrogenated coconut oil 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 unhydrogenated coconut oil vegan?

Yes. Unhydrogenated coconut oil 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 unhydrogenated coconut oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “huile de coco non-hydrogénée” in French, “olio di cocco non idrogenato” in Italian and “nehidrogenirano kokosovo ulje” in Croatian.

French
huile de coco non-hydrogénée, huile de coprah non hydrogénée
Italian
olio di cocco non idrogenato
Croatian
nehidrogenirano kokosovo ulje

Which foods contain unhydrogenated coconut oil?

Open Food Facts lists unhydrogenated coconut oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 116 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and ice cream. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Italy.

  • Bread35
  • Biscuits and cakes27
  • Ice cream10
  • Savoury snacks9
  • Breakfast cereals4
  • Sweets3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 91 · Belgium 14 · Italy 13 · Spain 2.

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

What kind of ingredient is unhydrogenated coconut oil?

Unhydrogenated coconut oil is a kind of coconut oil.

Kinds of unhydrogenated coconut oilUnhydrogenated palm and coconut oil

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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: Unhydrogenated coconut oil
  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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