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Iodised sea salt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Iodised sea salt is a kind of iodised salt. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 203 products, most often in bread.

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Does iodised sea salt contain an allergen?

Iodised 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 iodised sea salt vegan?

Yes. Iodised sea 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 iodised sea salt have on a label?

In English iodised sea salt can also read “iodized sea salt”. On European labels it is “sel marin iodé” in French, “jodiertes Meersalz” in German and “sal marina yodada” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishiodized sea salt
French
sel marin iodé
German
jodiertes Meersalz
Spanish
sal marina yodada, sal de mar yodada
Italian
sale marino iodato
Polish
sól morska jodowana, jodowana sól morska
Swedish
joderat havssalt, joderad havssalt
Danish
iodiseret havsalt
Finnish
jodioitu merisuola
Hungarian
jódozott tengeri só
Croatian
morska sol jodirana, jodirana morska sol

Which foods contain iodised sea salt?

Open Food Facts lists iodised sea salt in the ingredients of 203 products, most often bread, dressings and sauces and ready meals. Most of them are sold in Germany, Finland and Italy.

  • Bread50
  • Dressings and sauces24
  • Ready meals19
  • Savoury snacks12
  • Pasta, rice and flour7
  • Breakfast cereals6

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 47 · Finland 37 · Italy 28 · United States 27.

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

What kind of ingredient is iodised sea salt?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, iodised sea salt sits under iodised salt and sea 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: Iodised sea 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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