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Shortcrust dough on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Shortcrust dough is a kind of dough. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 156 products, most often in pizzas, pies and quiches.
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Does shortcrust dough contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link shortcrust dough to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is shortcrust dough vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of shortcrust dough are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does shortcrust dough have on a label?
On European labels it is “pâte brisée” in French, “Mürbeteig” in German and “masa quebrada” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.
- French
- pâte brisée
- German
- Mürbeteig
- Spanish
- masa quebrada
- Italian
- pasta frolla
- Dutch
- kruimeldeeg
- Portuguese
- massa quebrada
- Swedish
- pajdeg
- Danish
- mørdej
- Finnish
- murotaikina
- Croatian
- prhko tijesto
Which foods contain shortcrust dough?
Open Food Facts lists shortcrust dough in the ingredients of 156 products, most often pizzas, pies and quiches, biscuits and cakes and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, Sweden and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 125 · Sweden 14 · Belgium 13 · Italy 10.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where shortcrust dough turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is shortcrust dough?
Shortcrust dough is a kind of dough.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Shortcrust dough
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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