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Unrefined whole cane sugar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Unrefined whole cane sugar is a kind of unrefined cane 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 71 products, most often in sweets.

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Does unrefined whole cane sugar contain an allergen?

Unrefined whole cane sugar 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 unrefined whole cane sugar vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of unrefined whole cane sugar 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does unrefined whole cane sugar have on a label?

On European labels it is “unraffinierter Vollrohrzucker” in German, “azúcar de caña integral no refinada” in Spanish and “zucchero di canna integrale non raffinato” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

German
unraffinierter Vollrohrzucker, Vollrohrzucker unraffiniert
Spanish
azúcar de caña integral no refinada, azúcar integral de caña sin refinar
Italian
zucchero di canna integrale non raffinato
Croatian
nerafinirani punomasni šećer od trske

Which foods contain unrefined whole cane sugar?

Open Food Facts lists unrefined whole cane sugar in the ingredients of 71 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in Spain, Colombia and the United States.

  • Sweets18
  • Biscuits and cakes14
  • Breakfast cereals8
  • Chocolate5
  • Pasta, rice and flour3
  • Bread2

Products with it, by country of sale: Spain 25 · Colombia 14 · United States 13 · Bolivia 7.

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

What kind of ingredient is unrefined whole cane sugar?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, unrefined whole cane sugar sits under unrefined cane sugar and whole cane sugar.

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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: Unrefined whole cane sugar
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Panela

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