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Ingredient dictionary

Rock salt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Rock 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 1,395 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 0 kcal and 0 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does rock salt contain an allergen?

Rock 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 rock salt vegan?

Yes. Rock salt 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 rock salt have on a label?

On European labels it is “sel gemme” in French, “Steinsalz” in German and “sal de roca” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French: sel gemme
German: Steinsalz
Spanish: sal de roca
Italian: sale grosso
Dutch: steenzout, mineraalzout
Polish: sól kamienna, naturalna sól kamienna
Hungarian: Kősó
Croatian: kamena sol

Which foods contain rock salt?

Open Food Facts lists rock salt or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,395 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and processed meat. Most of them are sold in Germany, the Netherlands and France.

Ready meals132
Dressings and sauces109
Processed meat107
Salty and fatty foods91
Bread76
Biscuits and cakes37

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 796 · Netherlands 309 · France 134 · Belgium 75.

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

How many calories are in rock salt?

Rock salt has about 0 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Salt, white, for human consumption (sea, igneous or rock), no enrichment” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

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Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 97.8 g, energy 0 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11017. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is rock salt?

Rock salt is a kind of salt.

Kinds of rock saltSalt from Salies de BéarnSalt from Kłodawa

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