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

Rice 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 3,010 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does rice vinegar contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link rice 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 rice vinegar vegan?

Yes. Rice 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 rice vinegar have on a label?

In English rice vinegar can also read “rice wine vinegar”. On European labels it is “vinaigre de riz” in French, “Reisessig” in German and “vinagre de arroz” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishrice wine vinegar
French
vinaigre de riz
German
Reisessig, Reisweinessig
Spanish
vinagre de arroz
Italian
Aceto di riso
Dutch
rijstazijn
Polish
Ocet ryżowy, octu ryżowego
Swedish
risvinäger, risvinvinäger
Finnish
riisiviinietikka, riisietikka
Hungarian
rizsecet
Croatian
rižin ocat

Which foods contain rice vinegar?

Open Food Facts lists rice vinegar in the ingredients of 3,010 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals829
  • Dressings and sauces679
  • Pasta, rice and flour71
  • Sandwiches57
  • Savoury snacks44
  • Poultry43

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,690 · France 431 · United Kingdom 426 · Germany 210.

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

What kind of ingredient is rice vinegar?

Rice 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: Rice 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
  4. Wikipedia: Rice vinegar

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