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Fleur de sel on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Fleur de sel is a kind of sea salt. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,389 products, most often in sweets.

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Does fleur de sel contain an allergen?

Fleur de sel 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 fleur de sel vegan?

Yes. Fleur de sel 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 fleur de sel have on a label?

On European labels it is “Fleur de Sel-Meersalz” in German, “Flor de sal” in Spanish and “Flor de sal” in Portuguese. The other 2 languages are listed below.

German
Fleur de Sel-Meersalz
Spanish
Flor de sal
Portuguese
Flor de sal
Finnish
Suolankukka
Hungarian
sóvirág

Which foods contain fleur de sel?

Open Food Facts lists fleur de sel or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,389 products, most often sweets, chocolate and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Belgium.

  • Sweets276
  • Chocolate272
  • Biscuits and cakes236
  • Salty and fatty foods65
  • Ice cream53
  • Breakfast cereals33

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,228 · Germany 62 · Belgium 29 · United States 27.

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

What kind of ingredient is fleur de sel?

Fleur de sel is a kind of sea salt.

Kinds of fleur de selFleur de sel from Guérande

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  1. Open Food Facts: Fleur de sel
  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. Wikipedia: Fleur de sel

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