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Sal fat on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Sal fat is a kind of vegetable fat. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 118 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does sal fat contain an allergen?

Sal fat 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 sal fat vegan?

Yes. Sal fat 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 sal fat have on a label?

On European labels it is “Salfett” in German, “grasso di sale” in Italian and “tłuszcz sal” in Polish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

German
Salfett
Italian
grasso di sale
Polish
tłuszcz sal, tłuszcz z sal
Swedish
salfett, sal vegetabiliskt fett
Danish
salfedt
Norwegian
salfett
Finnish
sal kasvirasvat
Croatian
slana mast

Which foods contain sal fat?

Open Food Facts lists sal fat in the ingredients of 118 products, most often biscuits and cakes, chocolate and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes51
  • Chocolate9
  • Sweets8
  • Cereals and potatoes3
  • Meat2
  • Pasta, rice and flour1

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 47 · Germany 38 · France 16 · Ireland 11.

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

What kind of ingredient is sal fat?

Sal fat is a kind of vegetable fat.

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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: Sal fat
  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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