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Red wine vinegar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Red wine vinegar is a kind of vinegar. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,186 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does red wine vinegar contain an allergen?

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

Is red wine vinegar vegan?

Yes. Red wine vinegar 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 red wine vinegar have on a label?

On European labels it is “vinaigre de vin rouge” in French, “Rotweinessig” in German and “Vinagre de vino tinto” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French
vinaigre de vin rouge
German
Rotweinessig
Spanish
Vinagre de vino tinto
Italian
aceto di vino rosso
Dutch
rode wijnazijn
Polish
ocet winny czerwony, ocet z czerwonego wina
Swedish
rödvinsvinäger
Danish
Rødvinseddike, rødvinseddikke
Finnish
punaviinietikka
Hungarian
vörösborecet
Croatian
crni vinski ocat

Which foods contain red wine vinegar?

Open Food Facts lists red wine vinegar in the ingredients of 3,186 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Dressings and sauces1,096
  • Ready meals435
  • Salty and fatty foods155
  • Sandwiches113
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches69
  • Vegetables60

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,531 · France 827 · United Kingdom 437 · Germany 167.

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

What kind of ingredient is red wine vinegar?

Red wine vinegar is a kind of vinegar.

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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 wine vinegar
  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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