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Vegetarian sausages: allergens and what’s inside

Of 545 packs of vegetarian sausages whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 58% list gluten and 46% list soy. Another 20% carry a “may contain” line for mustard. Most list salt, water and onion.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 58% of these packs

Which allergens are in vegetarian sausages?

Of 545 packs of vegetarian sausages whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 58% list gluten, 46% list soy, 17% list egg and 13% list mustard. Another 20% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 20% for celery and 18% for soy. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you58% list gluten; 10% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up46% list soy; 18% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up17% list egg; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up13% list mustard; 20% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Celery allergyHeads up12% list celery; 20% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up4% list milk; 10% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

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 vegetarian sausages usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of vegetarian sausages list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (96%), water (94%), onion (56%) and rapeseed oil (49%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: Germany 280 · France 182 · United Kingdom 143 · Spain 91.

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 vegetarian sausages.

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 vegetarian sausages?

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

Kinds of vegetarian sausagesVegetarian Vienna sausages

What else are vegetarian sausages called?

French
Saucisses végétariennes
German
Vegetarische Würste
Spanish
Salchichas vegetales
Italian
Salsicce vegetariane
Dutch
Vegetarische worstjes
Polish
Kiełbasy wegetariańskie
Swedish
Vegetarianska korvar, Vegetariska korvar
Danish
Vegetariske pølser

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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: Vegetarian sausages

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