Ingredient dictionary
Grain vinegar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Grain vinegar is a kind of vinegar. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,375 products, most often in bread.
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Does grain vinegar contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link grain 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 grain vinegar vegan?
Yes. Grain vinegar is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does grain vinegar have on a label?
On European labels it is “Vinaigre de céréales” in French, “Getreideessig” in German and “Aceto di cereali” in Italian. One more language is listed below.
- French
- Vinaigre de céréales
- German
- Getreideessig
- Italian
- Aceto di cereali
- Croatian
- žitni ocat
Which foods contain grain vinegar?
Open Food Facts lists grain vinegar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,375 products, most often bread, dressings and sauces and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,338 · France 23 · Germany 11 · Spain 9.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where grain vinegar turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is grain vinegar?
Grain vinegar is a kind of 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: Grain 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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