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Spirit vinegar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Spirit vinegar is a kind of vinegar. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 12,082 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does spirit vinegar contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link spirit vinegar to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is spirit vinegar vegan?

Yes. Spirit vinegar 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 spirit vinegar have on a label?

On European labels it is “vinaigre d'eau-de-vie” in French, “Branntweinessig” in German and “aceto di acqua-vite” in Italian. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
vinaigre d'eau-de-vie
German
Branntweinessig, Weingeistessig
Italian
aceto di acqua-vite
Dutch
brandewijnazijn
Polish
Ocet spirytusowy, octu spirytusowego
Finnish
väkiviinaetikka
Czech
Ovocný ocet
Hungarian
szeszecet

Which foods contain spirit vinegar?

Open Food Facts lists spirit vinegar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 12,082 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in Germany, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Dressings and sauces3,077
  • Ready meals1,795
  • Salty and fatty foods914
  • Sandwiches507
  • Bread398
  • Oily fish384

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 6,726 · United Kingdom 3,277 · France 1,059 · Poland 729.

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

What kind of ingredient is spirit vinegar?

Spirit vinegar is a kind of vinegar.

Kinds of spirit vinegarSpirit- and white wine vinegar

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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: Spirit vinegar
  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

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