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Sake on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Sake is a kind of alcohol. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 566 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 133 kcal and 0 g protein.

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Does sake contain an allergen?

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

Is sake vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of sake are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

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What other names does sake have on a label?

In English sake can also read “sake wine”. On European labels it is “Reiswein” in German and “vino sake” in Spanish.

In Englishsake wine
German
Reiswein
Spanish
vino sake

Which foods contain sake?

Open Food Facts lists sake in the ingredients of 566 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and fish and seafood. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Ready meals192
  • Dressings and sauces69
  • Fish and seafood33
  • Pasta, rice and flour20
  • Fruit and vegetables11
  • Meat11

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 411 · France 63 · Germany 26 · United Kingdom 21.

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

How many calories are in sake?

Sake has about 133 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 5 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Sake or rice wine” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

133kcal per 100 g
0g protein
5g carbohydrate
0g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 552 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 1026. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is sake?

Sake is a kind of alcohol.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Sake
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. Wikipedia: Sake

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