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Bolognese sauce on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Bolognese sauce is a kind of sauce. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 127 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 94 kcal and 4.2 g protein.

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

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Does bolognese sauce contain an allergen?

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

Is bolognese sauce vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of bolognese sauce are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.

VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does bolognese sauce have on a label?

On European labels it is “sauce bolognaise” in French, “Ragù alla bolognese” in German and “Boloñesa” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French: sauce bolognaise
German: Ragù alla bolognese
Spanish: Boloñesa
Italian: Sugo alla bolognese, Ragù bolognese
Dutch: bolognesesaus
Portuguese: Molho à bolonhesa
Polish: sos boloński, sos bolognese
Swedish: köttfärssås, bolognesesås
Finnish: bolognesekastike, bolognese-kastike
Czech: boloňská omáčka
Croatian: bolognese umak

Which foods contain bolognese sauce?

Open Food Facts lists bolognese sauce in the ingredients of 127 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Australia.

Ready meals79
Pasta, rice and flour7
Dressings and sauces4
Meat2
Savoury snacks2
Biscuits and cakes1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 72 · Belgium 16 · Australia 10 · United States 7.

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

How many calories are in bolognese sauce?

Bolognese sauce has about 94 kcal per 100 g, with 4.2 g protein, 7.3 g carbohydrate and 4.8 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Tomato sauce, with meat or Bolognese sauce, prepacked” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

94kcal per 100 g

4.2g protein

7.3g carbohydrate

4.8g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 4.7 g, saturated fat 1.8 g, fibre 2.3 g, salt 1.18 g, energy 392 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11114. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is bolognese sauce?

Bolognese sauce is a kind of sauce.

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