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Sodium iodide on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Sodium iodide is a kind of salt. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 60 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does sodium iodide contain an allergen?

Sodium iodide 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 sodium iodide vegan?

Yes. Sodium iodide 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 sodium iodide have on a label?

On European labels it is “iodure de sodium” in French, “Natriumiodid” in German and “Yoduro de sodio” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

French
iodure de sodium
German
Natriumiodid
Spanish
Yoduro de sodio
Italian
Ioduro di sodio
Dutch
Natriumjodide
Portuguese
iodeto de sódio
Polish
Jodek sodu
Swedish
Natriumjodid
Finnish
Natriumjodidi
Czech
Jodid sodný
Hungarian
Nátrium-jodid
Romanian
Iodură de sodiu
Croatian
natrijev jodid

Which foods contain sodium iodide?

Open Food Facts lists sodium iodide in the ingredients of 60 products, most often ready meals and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Ready meals3
  • Sweetened drinks1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 45 · Germany 7 · United States 6 · Netherlands 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is sodium iodide?

Sodium iodide is a kind of salt.

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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: Sodium iodide
  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: Sodium iodide

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