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Himalayan sea salt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Himalayan sea 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 106 products, most often in sweets.
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Does Himalayan sea salt contain an allergen?
Himalayan sea 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 sea salt vegan?
Yes. Himalayan sea salt is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does Himalayan sea salt have on a label?
On European labels it is “Sel marin de l'Himalaya” in French, “Himalaya Meeressalz” in German and “Sal de mar del Himalaya” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- French
- Sel marin de l'Himalaya
- German
- Himalaya Meeressalz
- Spanish
- Sal de mar del Himalaya
- Italian
- Sale marino dell'Himalaya
- Dutch
- Himalayazeezout
- Polish
- Sól morska himalajska
- Hungarian
- Himalája tengeri só
- Croatian
- himalajska morska sol
Which foods contain Himalayan sea salt?
Open Food Facts lists Himalayan sea salt in the ingredients of 106 products, most often sweets, fats and spreads and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 100 · Canada 3 · United Kingdom 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Himalayan sea salt turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is Himalayan sea salt?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, Himalayan sea salt sits under Himalayan salt and sea salt.
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- Open Food Facts: Himalayan sea salt
- 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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