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

Pastry is a kind of dough. 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 322 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does pastry contain an allergen?

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

Is pastry vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of pastry are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does pastry have on a label?

In English pastry can also read “pastry dough” or “pie dough”. On European labels it is “pâte à tarte” in French, “Gebäckteig” in German and “pasticceria” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

In Englishpastry doughpie dough
French
pâte à tarte
German
Gebäckteig, Kuchenteig
Italian
pasticceria
Croatian
tijesto za pecivo

Which foods contain pastry?

Open Food Facts lists pastry in the ingredients of 322 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

  • Biscuits and cakes77
  • Ready meals27
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches20
  • Savoury snacks14
  • Dressings and sauces3
  • Ice cream2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 209 · United Kingdom 38 · Australia 27 · Canada 19.

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

What kind of ingredient is pastry?

Pastry is a kind of dough.

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

Sources

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: Pastry
  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: Pastry

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