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Red miso paste on a food label: it contains soy

Red miso paste is a kind of miso. It contains soy, so the allergen labelling rules apply. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 131 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does red miso paste contain an allergen?

Yes. Red miso paste contains soy: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
SoybeansRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is red miso paste vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of red miso paste 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.
Soy allergyNot for youIt contains soy.

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What other names does red miso paste have on a label?

On European labels it is “pâte miso rouge” in French, “rote Miso-Paste” in German and “pasta di miso rosso” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

French
pâte miso rouge
German
rote Miso-Paste
Italian
pasta di miso rosso
Croatian
crvena miso pasta

Which foods contain red miso paste?

Open Food Facts lists red miso paste in the ingredients of 131 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Ready meals27
  • Dressings and sauces26
  • Pasta, rice and flour8
  • Meat3
  • Fruit and vegetables2
  • Fish and seafood2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 96 · United Kingdom 21 · France 9 · Canada 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is red miso paste?

Red miso paste is a kind of miso.

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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: Red miso paste
  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. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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