Ingredient dictionary
Corn vinegar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Corn vinegar is a kind of grain vinegar. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 66 products, most often in dressings and sauces.
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Does corn vinegar contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link corn 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 corn vinegar vegan?
Yes. Corn vinegar is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does corn vinegar have on a label?
On European labels it is “vinaigre de maïs” in French, “aceto di mais” in Italian and “maisazijn” in Dutch. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- vinaigre de maïs
- Italian
- aceto di mais
- Dutch
- maisazijn
- Polish
- ocet kukurydziany
- Croatian
- kukuruzni ocat
Which foods contain corn vinegar?
Open Food Facts lists corn vinegar in the ingredients of 66 products, most often dressings and sauces, fruit and vegetables and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 46 · France 9 · United Kingdom 6 · Spain 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where corn vinegar turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is corn vinegar?
Corn vinegar is a kind of grain 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.
- Open Food Facts: Corn vinegar
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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