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Glass noodle on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Glass noodle is a kind of noodle. 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 77 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does glass noodle contain an allergen?

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

Is glass noodle vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of glass noodle 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 glass noodle have on a label?

In English glass noodle can also read “cellophane noodle”. On European labels it is “vermicelles cristal” in French, “Glasnudeln” in German and “glasnudlar” in Swedish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishcellophane noodle
French
vermicelles cristal
German
Glasnudeln, Glasnudel
Swedish
glasnudlar, glasnudel
Danish
glasnudler, glasnuddel
Norwegian
glassnudler
Finnish
lasinuudeli

Which foods contain glass noodle?

Open Food Facts lists glass noodle or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 77 products, most often ready meals, savoury snacks and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in Germany, the United States and France.

  • Ready meals57
  • Savoury snacks1
  • Pasta, rice and flour1
  • Fish and seafood1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 49 · United States 11 · France 11 · Sweden 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is glass noodle?

Glass noodle is a kind of noodle.

Kinds of glass noodleSweet potato noodle

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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: Glass noodle
  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: Glass noodles

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