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Ingredient dictionary

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

Ketchup is a kind of sauce. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 835 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 99 kcal and 1.3 g protein.

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

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Does ketchup contain an allergen?

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

Is ketchup vegan?

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

In English ketchup can also read “catsup”. On European labels it is “Tomate ketchup” in Spanish, “tomatenketchup” in Dutch and “keczup” in Polish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

In Englishcatsup

Spanish: Tomate ketchup
Dutch: tomatenketchup
Polish: keczup, keczap
Finnish: ketsuppi, tomaattiketsuppi
Czech: kečup
Croatian: kečap
Turkish: ketçap

Which foods contain ketchup?

Open Food Facts lists ketchup or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 835 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Dressings and sauces289
Ready meals97
Sandwiches95
Fish and seafood45
Meat14
Savoury snacks13

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 478 · France 162 · Germany 32 · Switzerland 31.

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

How many calories are in ketchup?

Ketchup has about 99 kcal per 100 g, with 1.3 g protein, 21 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Ketchup” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

99kcal per 100 g

1.3g protein

21g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 21 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 1.2 g, salt 2.59 g, energy 420 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11008. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is ketchup?

Ketchup is a kind of sauce.

Kinds of ketchupLow sodium catsup

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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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