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Pickled herring: allergens and what’s inside

Of 76 packs of pickled herring whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list fish and 58% list mustard. Another 18% carry a “may contain” line for gluten. Most list herring, salt and vinegar.

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Which allergens are in pickled herring?

Of 76 packs of pickled herring whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list fish, 58% list mustard, 12% list egg and 8% list milk. Another 18% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 17% for celery and 11% for egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Fish allergyNot for you100% list fish.
Mustard allergyNot for you58% list mustard; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up12% list egg; 11% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up8% list milk; 9% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up7% list gluten; 18% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up5% list sulphites.

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 mustard guide

What is pickled herring usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of pickled herring list, with the share of packs that list each: herring (99%), salt (99%), vinegar (95%) and water (89%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 109 · Belgium 43 · Germany 27 · Sweden 7.

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 pickled herring.

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 pickled herring?

In the Open Food Facts categories, pickled herring is a kind of herring.

Kinds of pickled herringRollmops

What else is pickled herring called?

In EnglishBismarck herring
French
Harengs marinés, hareng mariné
German
Bismarckhering, eingelegter Hering
Italian
Aringhe sottaceto
Dutch
Zure haring

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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: Pickled herring

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