Fish analogues: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in fish analogues?

Of 51 packs of fish analogues whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 47% list gluten, 24% list soy, 10% list mustard and 4% list lupin. Another 45% carry a “may contain” line for soy, 29% for celery and 27% for mustard. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

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 gluten guide · Read the soy guide

What are fish analogues usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of fish analogues list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (92%), water (90%), rapeseed oil (69%) and vegetable fiber (59%).

• Salt92%
• Water90%
• Rapeseed oil69%
• Vegetable fiber59%
• Taproot vegetable57%
• Sugar43%
• Beetroot41%
• Modified starch41%
• E407 carrageenan39%
• E425 konjac35%
• Pea protein33%
• Rice flour31%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: Germany 26 · Poland 16 · Czech Republic 9 · Spain 8.

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 fish analogues.

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 are fish analogues?

In the Open Food Facts categories, fish analogues are one of the meat analogues.

What else are fish analogues called?

Dutch

Plantaardige vissen

Polish

Zastępniki ryb

Swedish

Växtbaserade fiskar, Veganska fiskar

Danish

Plantebaserede fisk, Veganske fisk

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: Fish analogues

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