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Ingredient dictionary

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

Balsamic 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 3,366 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 125 kcal and 0.7 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does balsamic vinegar contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link balsamic 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 balsamic vinegar vegan?

Yes. Balsamic 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 balsamic vinegar have on a label?

On European labels it is “vinaigre balsamique” in French, “Balsamessig” in German and “aceto balsámico” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

French: vinaigre balsamique
German: Balsamessig, Balsamico
Spanish: aceto balsámico, vinagre balsamico
Italian: aceto balsamico
Dutch: balsamico, balsamicoazijn
Portuguese: vinagre balsâmico
Polish: ocet balsamiczny, octu balsamicznego
Swedish: balsamvinäger
Danish: balsamicoeddike
Norwegian: balsamico
Finnish: balsamietikka, balsamiviinietikka
Czech: balzámový ocet
Hungarian: balzsamecet
Croatian: balsamico ocat

Which foods contain balsamic vinegar?

Open Food Facts lists balsamic vinegar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,366 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Dressings and sauces1,019
Ready meals552
Pizzas, pies and quiches130
Savoury snacks108
Salty and fatty foods72
Soups68

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,480 · France 1,003 · United Kingdom 350 · Germany 154.

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

How many calories are in balsamic vinegar?

Balsamic vinegar has about 125 kcal per 100 g, with 0.7 g protein, 26 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Vinegar, balsamic” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

125kcal per 100 g

0.7g protein

26g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 19 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0.5 g, salt 0.07 g, energy 531 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11091. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is balsamic vinegar?

Balsamic vinegar is a kind of vinegar.

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