Ingredient dictionary
Smoked salmon on a food label: it contains fish
Smoked salmon is a kind of salmon. It contains fish, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 839 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 178 kcal and 22 g protein.
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Does smoked salmon contain an allergen?
Yes. Smoked salmon contains fish: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | Required | Required | Required |
Is smoked salmon vegan?
No. Smoked salmon is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does smoked salmon have on a label?
On European labels it is “saumon fumé” in French, “Räucherlachs” in German and “Salmón ahumado” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- saumon fumé
- German
- Räucherlachs
- Spanish
- Salmón ahumado
- Italian
- salmone affumicato
- Dutch
- gerookte zalm
- Finnish
- savulohi
- Croatian
- dimljeni losos
Which foods contain smoked salmon?
Open Food Facts lists smoked salmon or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 839 products, most often ready meals, sandwiches and fish and seafood. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 647 · United States 61 · United Kingdom 34 · Germany 25.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where smoked salmon turns up, not how much of the market it is.
How many calories are in smoked salmon?
Smoked salmon has about 178 kcal per 100 g, with 22 g protein, 0.9 g carbohydrate and 9.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Salmon, smoked” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.
Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 2.1 g, fibre 0.1 g, salt 3.51 g, energy 743 kJ.
ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 26037. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.
What kind of ingredient is smoked salmon?
Smoked salmon is a kind of salmon.
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- Open Food Facts: Smoked salmon
- 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
- ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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