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Ingredient dictionary

Anchovy on a food label: it contains fish

Anchovy is a kind of fish. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,242 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 129 kcal and 19 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20268 sourcesHow we check

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Anchovy=fish

Does anchovy contain an allergen?

Yes. Anchovy contains fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Fish	Required	Required	Required

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Is anchovy vegan?

No. Anchovy is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.

VegetarianNot for youIt comes from fish or shellfish.

Fish allergyNot for youIt contains fish.

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What other names does anchovy have on a label?

In English anchovy can also read “anchovies”. On European labels it is “anchois” in French, “Sardellen” in German and “Anchoa” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishanchovies

French: anchois
German: Sardellen, Serdellen
Spanish: Anchoa, anchoas
Italian: acciughe, alici
Dutch: ansjovis
Polish: Sardelowate, anchois
Swedish: ansjovis
Danish: ansjos, Ansjoser
Norwegian: ansjos
Finnish: anjovis, anjovikset
Czech: sardel obecná
Hungarian: Szardellafélék
Croatian: inćun
Turkish: hamsi

Which foods contain anchovy?

Open Food Facts lists anchovy or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,242 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Dressings and sauces1,092
Ready meals478
Salty and fatty foods411
Oily fish392
Fish and seafood141
Pasta, rice and flour116

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,948 · France 1,281 · United Kingdom 227 · Spain 223.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where anchovy turns up, not how much of the market it is.

How many calories are in anchovy?

Anchovy has about 129 kcal per 100 g, with 19 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 6.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Common anchovy, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

129kcal per 100 g

19g protein

0g carbohydrate

6.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 1.6 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.18 g, energy 541 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 26079. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is anchovy?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, anchovy sits under fish and oily fish.

Kinds of anchovyAnchovy paste Anchovy filets European anchovy

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