Ingredient dictionary
Tamarind paste on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Tamarind paste is a kind of tamarind. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 371 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does tamarind paste contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link tamarind paste to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is tamarind paste vegan?
Yes. Tamarind paste is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does tamarind paste have on a label?
On European labels it is “Tamarindenpaste” in German, “pasta de tamarindo” in Spanish and “pasta di tamarindo” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- German
- Tamarindenpaste
- Spanish
- pasta de tamarindo
- Italian
- pasta di tamarindo
- Dutch
- tamarindepuree
- Polish
- pasta z tamaryndowca
- Croatian
- pasta od tamarinda
Which foods contain tamarind paste?
Open Food Facts lists tamarind paste in the ingredients of 371 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 203 · United States 87 · Germany 20 · Australia 17.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where tamarind paste turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is tamarind paste?
Tamarind paste is a kind of tamarind.
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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: Tamarind paste
- 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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