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Fish sauce on a food label: it contains fish

Fish sauce is a kind of sauce. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,242 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does fish sauce contain an allergen?

Yes. Fish sauce contains fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
FishRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is fish sauce vegan?

No. Fish sauce 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 fish sauce have on a label?

On European labels it is “sauce poisson” in French, “Fischsosse” in German and “Salsa de pescado” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
sauce poisson, sauce de poisson
German
Fischsosse
Spanish
Salsa de pescado
Italian
salsa di pesce
Dutch
vissaus
Polish
sos rybny
Swedish
fisksås
Danish
fiskesaus
Finnish
kalakastike
Croatian
riblji umak

Which foods contain fish sauce?

Open Food Facts lists fish sauce or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,242 products, most often ready meals, savoury snacks and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals276
  • Savoury snacks267
  • Dressings and sauces182
  • Pasta, rice and flour81
  • Vegetables19
  • Poultry12

Products with it, by country of sale: France 695 · United States 302 · United Kingdom 90 · Australia 42.

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

What kind of ingredient is fish sauce?

Fish sauce is a kind of sauce.

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Sources

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: Fish sauce
  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
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  7. Wikipedia: Fish sauce

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