Ingredient dictionary
Herring on a food label: it contains fish
Herring is a kind of fish. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,017 products, most often in oily fish. Per 100 g: about 176 kcal and 18 g protein.
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Does herring contain an allergen?
Yes. Herring contains fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | Required | Required | Required |
Is herring vegan?
No. Herring is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does herring have on a label?
On European labels it is “hareng” in French, “Hering” in German and “Arenque” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.
- French
- hareng, harengs
- German
- Hering
- Spanish
- Arenque
- Italian
- Aringa
- Dutch
- haring
- Portuguese
- Arenque
- Polish
- śledź, śledzia
- Swedish
- Sill, Strömming
- Norwegian
- sild
- Finnish
- silli
- Czech
- Sleď
- Hungarian
- Hering
- Romanian
- Hering
- Croatian
- haringe
Which foods contain herring?
Open Food Facts lists herring or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,017 products, most often oily fish, fish and seafood and ready meals. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and the United States.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 411 · France 296 · United States 127 · Poland 63.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where herring turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in herring?
Herring has about 176 kcal per 100 g, with 18 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 12 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Atlantic herring, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 2.8 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.22 g, energy 734 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 26011. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is herring?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, herring sits under fish and oily fish.
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- Open Food Facts: Herring
- 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
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
- Wikipedia: Herring
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