Ingredient dictionary
Refined salt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Refined 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 211 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.
By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 3 sourcesHow we check
Fits you
for a vegan profile
Does refined salt contain an allergen?
Refined 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 refined salt vegan?
Yes. Refined salt is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does refined salt have on a label?
On European labels it is “sel raffiné” in French, “raffiniertes Salz” in German and “sal refinada” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.
- French
- sel raffiné
- German
- raffiniertes Salz
- Spanish
- sal refinada
- Italian
- sale raffinato
- Dutch
- geraffineerd zout
- Portuguese
- sal refinado
- Polish
- sól rafinowana
- Swedish
- raffinerat salt
- Danish
- raffineret salt
- Croatian
- rafinirana sol
Which foods contain refined salt?
Open Food Facts lists refined salt in the ingredients of 211 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, biscuits and cakes and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, Brazil and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 48 · Brazil 42 · France 39 · Portugal 14.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where refined salt turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is refined salt?
Refined salt is a kind of salt.
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.
- Open Food Facts: Refined salt
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
Contains information from Open Food Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check
Create a website profile with the things you avoid and the people you check for.
Build my profileSave and edit your profile on this website. App transfer is not available yet.