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Ingredient dictionary

Tamarind on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Tamarind is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,283 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 287 kcal and 1.8 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does tamarind contain an allergen?

Tamarind is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is tamarind vegan?

Yes. Tamarind 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 tamarind have on a label?

On European labels it is “tamarin” in French, “Tamarinde” in German and “tamarindos” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French: tamarin, tamarins
German: Tamarinde
Spanish: tamarindos
Italian: tamarindo
Dutch: tamarinde
Portuguese: tamarindus
Polish: tamarynd, tamaryndowca
Finnish: tamarindi
Hungarian: tamarindusz
Turkish: demirhindi

Which foods contain tamarind?

Open Food Facts lists tamarind or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,283 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

Dressings and sauces1,589
Ready meals432
Meat88
Alcoholic drinks77
Pasta, rice and flour57
Savoury snacks46

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,835 · United Kingdom 500 · France 431 · Germany 120.

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

How many calories are in tamarind?

Tamarind has about 287 kcal per 100 g, with 1.8 g protein, 65 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Tamarind, immature fruit, pulp, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

287kcal per 100 g

1.8g protein

65g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 65 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 7.3 g, salt 0.1 g, energy 1,210 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13079. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is tamarind?

Kinds of tamarindTamarind paste

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