Ingredient dictionary
White sugar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
White sugar is a kind of 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 933 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 399 kcal and 0 g protein.
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Does white sugar contain an allergen?
White 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 white sugar vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of white sugar are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does white sugar have on a label?
On European labels it is “sucre blanc” in French, “weißer Zucker” in German and “Azúcar blanco” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- sucre blanc
- German
- weißer Zucker, Weißzucker
- Spanish
- Azúcar blanco, Azúcar blanco comun
- Italian
- Zucchero bianco
- Dutch
- witte suiker
- Portuguese
- açúcar branco
- Polish
- biały cukier, cukier biały
- Swedish
- vitt socker
- Danish
- hvidt sukker
- Finnish
- valkoinen sokeri
- Czech
- bílý cukr
- Hungarian
- fehér cukor
- Romanian
- zahăr alb
- Croatian
- bijeli šečer
- Turkish
- beyaz şeker
Which foods contain white sugar?
Open Food Facts lists white sugar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 933 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 272 · United States 216 · United Kingdom 96 · Russia 49.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where white sugar turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in white sugar?
White sugar has about 399 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 100 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Sugar, white” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 100 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 1,700 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31016. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is white sugar?
White sugar is a kind of sugar.
Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers
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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: White sugar
- 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
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
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