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

Sambal is a kind of hot sauce. 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 360 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does sambal contain an allergen?

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

Is sambal vegan?

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

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

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Which foods contain sambal?

Open Food Facts lists sambal or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 360 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in the Netherlands, Germany and France.

  • Dressings and sauces82
  • Ready meals69
  • Sandwiches6
  • Meat5
  • Soups5
  • Fish and seafood4

Products with it, by country of sale: Netherlands 176 · Germany 86 · France 58 · Belgium 52.

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

What kind of ingredient is sambal?

Sambal is a kind of hot sauce.

Kinds of sambalSambal oelek

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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: Sambal
  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: Sambal

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