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Apple vinegar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Apple vinegar is a kind of vinegar. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,362 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does apple vinegar contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link apple vinegar to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is apple vinegar vegan?

Yes. Apple vinegar is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does apple vinegar have on a label?

On European labels it is “vinaigre de pomme” in French, “Apfelessig” in German and “vinagre de manzana” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
vinaigre de pomme
German
Apfelessig
Spanish
vinagre de manzana
Italian
aceto di mele
Dutch
appelazijn
Polish
ocet jabłkowy
Croatian
jabučni ocat

Which foods contain apple vinegar?

Open Food Facts lists apple vinegar in the ingredients of 1,362 products, most often dressings and sauces, bread and ready meals. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and Spain.

  • Dressings and sauces387
  • Bread131
  • Ready meals123
  • Salty and fatty foods104
  • Beans and pulses65
  • Pasta, rice and flour31

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 636 · France 204 · Spain 125 · Switzerland 121.

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

What kind of ingredient is apple vinegar?

Apple vinegar is a kind of vinegar.

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Apple vinegar
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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