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Ingredient dictionary

Harissa on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Harissa is a kind of sauce. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 204 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 76 kcal and 2.7 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does harissa contain an allergen?

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

Is harissa vegan?

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

In English harissa can also read “harissa paste”. On European labels it is “pasta harissa” in Polish.

In Englishharissa paste

Polish: pasta harissa

Which foods contain harissa?

Open Food Facts lists harissa or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 204 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Belgium.

Ready meals73
Dressings and sauces38
Salty and fatty foods12
Sandwiches9
Oily fish8
Processed meat6

Products with it, by country of sale: France 114 · United Kingdom 28 · Belgium 25 · United States 15.

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

How many calories are in harissa?

Harissa has about 76 kcal per 100 g, with 2.7 g protein, 7.3 g carbohydrate and 2.9 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Harissa (hot spicy sauce), prepacked” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

76kcal per 100 g

2.7g protein

7.3g carbohydrate

2.9g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3.1 g, saturated fat 0.5 g, fibre 5.1 g, salt 2.81 g, energy 318 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11112. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is harissa?

Harissa is a kind of sauce.

Kinds of harissaPrepacked harissa

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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.

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