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Non-iodised salt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Non-iodised salt is a kind of salt. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 597 products, most often in cheese.

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Does non-iodised salt contain an allergen?

Non-iodised 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 non-iodised salt vegan?

Yes. Non-iodised 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 non-iodised salt have on a label?

On European labels it is “sel non iodé” in French, “salz unjodiert” in German and “sól niejodowana” in Polish. One more language is listed below.

French
sel non iodé
German
salz unjodiert, Speisesalz unjodiert
Polish
sól niejodowana
Croatian
nejodirana sol

Which foods contain non-iodised salt?

Open Food Facts lists non-iodised salt or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 597 products, most often cheese, biscuits and cakes and bread. Most of them are sold in Austria, Germany and France.

  • Cheese61
  • Biscuits and cakes44
  • Bread44
  • Dressings and sauces44
  • Ready meals40
  • Processed meat31

Products with it, by country of sale: Austria 353 · Germany 206 · France 56 · Belgium 55.

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

What kind of ingredient is non-iodised salt?

Non-iodised salt is a kind of salt.

Kinds of non-iodised saltNon-iodised 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: Non-iodised 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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