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

Table 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 683 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does table vinegar contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link table 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 table vinegar vegan?

Yes. Table 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 table vinegar have on a label?

On European labels it is “vinaigre de table” in French, “Tafelessig” in German and “Vinagre de mesa” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
vinaigre de table
German
Tafelessig
Spanish
Vinagre de mesa
Italian
aceto da tavola
Dutch
tafelazijn
Finnish
pöytäetikka
Hungarian
ételecet
Croatian
stolni ocat

Which foods contain table vinegar?

Open Food Facts lists table vinegar in the ingredients of 683 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in Switzerland, France and Germany.

  • Dressings and sauces267
  • Ready meals75
  • Sandwiches74
  • Bread44
  • Salty and fatty foods28
  • Vegetables12

Products with it, by country of sale: Switzerland 508 · France 146 · Germany 125 · Hungary 67.

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

What kind of ingredient is table vinegar?

Table vinegar is a kind of 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: Table 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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