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Himalayan pink salt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Himalayan pink salt is a kind of Himalayan salt. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,441 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does Himalayan pink salt contain an allergen?

Himalayan pink salt 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 Himalayan pink salt vegan?

Yes. Himalayan pink salt 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 Himalayan pink salt have on a label?

In English Himalayan pink salt can also read “Pink Himalayan salt”. On European labels it is “sel rose de l'Himalaya” in French, “rosa Himalayasalz” in German and “Sal rosa del Himalaya” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In EnglishPink Himalayan salt
French
sel rose de l'Himalaya, sel de l'Himalaya rose
German
rosa Himalayasalz, rosa Himalaya-Salz
Spanish
Sal rosa del Himalaya
Italian
Sale rosa dell'Himalaya
Finnish
kristallisuola, intiaanisuola
Croatian
himalajska ružičasta sol

Which foods contain Himalayan pink salt?

Open Food Facts lists Himalayan pink salt in the ingredients of 1,441 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes93
  • Breakfast cereals69
  • Sweetened drinks63
  • Unsweetened drinks53
  • Sweets42
  • Fats and spreads34

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,054 · United Kingdom 76 · France 71 · India 40.

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

What kind of ingredient is Himalayan pink salt?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, Himalayan pink salt sits under Himalayan salt and pink salt.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Himalayan pink salt
  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

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