Build my profileBuild my profile

Ingredient dictionary

Flake salt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Flake salt is a kind of salt. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 37 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 3 sourcesHow we check

Fits you

for a vegan profile

Does flake salt contain an allergen?

Flake salt is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is flake salt vegan?

Yes. Flake salt 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.

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

What other names does flake salt have on a label?

In English flake salt can also read “salt flakes”. On European labels it is “flocon de sel” in French, “Salzflocken” in German and “fiocchi di sale” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishsalt flakes
French
flocon de sel
German
Salzflocken, Salz-Flocken
Italian
fiocchi di sale
Swedish
flingsalt, saltflingor
Croatian
pahuljice soli

Which foods contain flake salt?

Open Food Facts lists flake salt or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 37 products, most often biscuits and cakes, dressings and sauces and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes7
  • Dressings and sauces2
  • Savoury snacks2
  • Fats and spreads1
  • Sweetened drinks1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 18 · France 11 · United Kingdom 6 · Germany 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is flake salt?

Flake salt is a kind of salt.

Kinds of flake saltFlake sea salt

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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: Flake salt
  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

Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

Create a website profile with the things you avoid and the people you check for.

Build my profile

Save and edit your profile on this website. App transfer is not available yet.