Ingredient dictionary
Sorrel or acid on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Sorrel or acid is a kind of sorrel. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 182 products, most often in sweetened drinks.
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Does sorrel or acid contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link sorrel or acid to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is sorrel or acid vegan?
Yes. Sorrel or acid is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does sorrel or acid have on a label?
On European labels it is “acetosa o acido” in Italian and “syre” in Danish.
- Italian
- acetosa o acido
- Danish
- syre
Which foods contain sorrel or acid?
Open Food Facts lists sorrel or acid in the ingredients of 182 products, most often sweetened drinks, drinks with sweeteners and sweets. Most of them are sold in Denmark, Germany and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: Denmark 156 · Germany 11 · France 9 · Sweden 9.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where sorrel or acid turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is sorrel or acid?
Sorrel or acid is a kind of sorrel.
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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: Sorrel or acid
- 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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