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Soy sauce on a food label: it contains soy

Soy sauce is a kind of sauce. It contains soy, so the allergen labelling rules apply. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 15,654 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 46 kcal and 7.1 g protein.

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Does soy sauce contain an allergen?

Yes. Soy sauce contains soy: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
SoybeansRequiredRequiredRequired

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Is soy sauce vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of soy sauce 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.
Soy allergyNot for youIt contains soy.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does soy sauce have on a label?

In English soy sauce can also read “soya sauce” or “Soy sauces”. On European labels it is “sauce au soja” in French, “Sojasauce” in German and “salsa de soya” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishsoya sauceSoy sauces
French
sauce au soja, sauce de soja
German
Sojasauce, Sojasoße
Spanish
salsa de soya, salsa de soja
Italian
salsa di soia
Dutch
Sojasaus, soja saus
Portuguese
molho de soja
Polish
sos sojowy, sosu sojowego
Swedish
sojasås
Danish
sojasovs, sojasauce
Norwegian
soyasaus
Finnish
soijakastike
Czech
sójová omáčka, sójová omáčka shoyu
Hungarian
szójaszósz
Romanian
Sos de soia
Croatian
soja umak, umak od soje
Turkish
soya sosu

Which foods contain soy sauce?

Open Food Facts lists soy sauce or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 15,654 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Ready meals2,737
  • Dressings and sauces2,178
  • Pasta, rice and flour1,467
  • Savoury snacks513
  • Meat453
  • Beans and pulses216

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 7,575 · France 3,183 · Germany 1,373 · United Kingdom 968.

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

How many calories are in soy sauce?

Soy sauce has about 46 kcal per 100 g, with 7.1 g protein, 3.6 g carbohydrate and 0.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Soy sauce, prepacked” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

46kcal per 100 g
7.1g protein
3.6g carbohydrate
0.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.3 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0.9 g, salt 18.6 g, energy 193 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11104. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is soy sauce?

Soy sauce is a kind of sauce.

Kinds of soy sauceTamariDark soy sauceLight soy sauceSweet soy sauceHonjozoSoy and sesame sauce

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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: Soy sauce
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
  8. Wikipedia: Soy sauce

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