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Anchovy paste: allergens and what’s inside

Of 50 packs of anchovy paste whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list fish and 20% list milk. Most list anchovy, salt and olive oil.

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Not for you

for a fish allergy profile, on 98% of these packs

Which allergens are in anchovy paste?

Of 50 packs of anchovy paste whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 98% list fish, 20% list milk, 14% list mustard and 12% list sulphites. Another 4% carry a “may contain” line for crustaceans, 4% for molluscs and 2% for egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Fish allergyNot for you98% list fish.
Milk allergyHeads up20% list milk.
Mustard allergyHeads up14% list mustard; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up12% list sulphites.
Egg allergyHeads up10% list egg; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up6% list gluten.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

Read the fish guide · Read the milk guide

What is anchovy paste usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of anchovy paste list, with the share of packs that list each: anchovy (96%), salt (72%), olive oil (64%) and vinegar (50%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 123 · Italy 20 · Switzerland 5 · Germany 4.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for anchovy paste.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is anchovy paste?

In the Open Food Facts categories, anchovy paste is one of the fish preparations.

What else is anchovy paste called?

French
Pâte d'anchois
German
Sardellenpaste
Spanish
Pasta de anchoas
Italian
Pasta di acciughe, pasta d'acciughe
Dutch
Ansjovispasta

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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Anchovy paste

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