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Liquid smoke on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Liquid smoke is a kind of smoke. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 513 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does liquid smoke contain an allergen?

Liquid smoke 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 liquid smoke vegan?

Yes. Liquid smoke 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 liquid smoke have on a label?

On European labels it is “fumée liquide” in French, “Flüssigrauch” in German and “Humo líquido” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
fumée liquide
German
Flüssigrauch
Spanish
Humo líquido
Italian
fumo liquido
Portuguese
fumaça líquida
Norwegian
flytende røyk
Finnish
nestemäinen savuaromi
Czech
tekutý kouř
Hungarian
füstaroma
Croatian
tekući dim

Which foods contain liquid smoke?

Open Food Facts lists liquid smoke in the ingredients of 513 products, most often dressings and sauces, processed meat and meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Japan.

  • Dressings and sauces111
  • Processed meat100
  • Meat45
  • Ready meals24
  • Poultry14
  • Sandwiches12

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 335 · France 82 · Japan 28 · Hungary 28.

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

What kind of ingredient is liquid smoke?

Liquid smoke is a kind of smoke.

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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: Liquid smoke
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Liquid smoke

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