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Ingredient dictionary

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

Pasta is a kind of dough. Some kinds of pasta carry an allergen (gluten and egg). Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 8,518 products, most often in ready meals.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does pasta contain an allergen?

It depends on the kind. Some kinds of pasta carry an allergen: durum wheat semolina pasta contains gluten; egg pasta and fresh egg pasta contain egg. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.

Is pasta vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of pasta 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.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads upSome kinds contain gluten, for example durum wheat semolina pasta.

Egg allergyHeads upSome kinds contain egg, for example egg pasta.

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What other names does pasta have on a label?

In English pasta can also read “pastas”. On European labels it is “pâtes alimentaires” in French, “Teigwaren” in German and “Pastas alimenticias” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishpastas

French: pâtes alimentaires, pâtes
German: Teigwaren
Spanish: Pastas alimenticias, pastas
Italian: paste alimentari
Dutch: Pastas, Deegwaren
Portuguese: massa alimentícia
Polish: makaron
Czech: těstoviny
Hungarian: olasz tészta
Romanian: paste făinoase
Croatian: tjestenina
Turkish: makarna

Which foods contain pasta?

Open Food Facts lists pasta or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 8,518 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Ready meals3,778
Pasta, rice and flour1,755
Pizzas, pies and quiches226
Baby foods140
Soups76
Dressings and sauces49

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,120 · France 2,894 · United Kingdom 543 · Germany 414.

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

What kind of ingredient is pasta?

Pasta is a kind of dough.

Kinds of pastaDurum wheat semolina pasta Cooked pasta Macaroni Egg pasta Spaghetti Fresh pasta Stuffed pastaPenneLasagne TagliatelleDried pastaLinguinePasta made from wheat flourRisoniWhole durum wheat semolina pasta

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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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