Ingredient dictionary
Waxy corn on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Waxy corn 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 70 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does waxy corn contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link waxy corn to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is waxy corn vegan?
Yes. Waxy corn is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does waxy corn have on a label?
On European labels it is “maïs cireux” in French, “Wachsmais” in German and “maïs ceroso” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- maïs cireux
- German
- Wachsmais
- Italian
- maïs ceroso
- Dutch
- kleefmaïs
- Croatian
- voštani kukuruz
Which foods contain waxy corn?
Open Food Facts lists waxy corn in the ingredients of 70 products, most often ready meals, biscuits and cakes and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 31 · Germany 16 · France 11 · Switzerland 11.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where waxy corn turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is waxy corn?
Waxy corn is a kind of corn.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Waxy corn
- 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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