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Unrefined salt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Unrefined salt is a kind of salt. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 923 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does unrefined salt contain an allergen?

Unrefined salt 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 unrefined salt vegan?

Yes. Unrefined salt 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 unrefined salt have on a label?

On European labels it is “sel non raffiné” in French, “unraffiniertes Salz” in German and “sal no refinada” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
sel non raffiné
German
unraffiniertes Salz
Spanish
sal no refinada
Italian
sale non raffinato
Swedish
oraffinerat salt
Danish
uraffineret salt
Finnish
karkea suola
Croatian
nerafinirana sol

Which foods contain unrefined salt?

Open Food Facts lists unrefined salt or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 923 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and the United States.

  • Biscuits and cakes233
  • Ready meals135
  • Dressings and sauces70
  • Pasta, rice and flour38
  • Beans and pulses34
  • Vegetables30

Products with it, by country of sale: France 747 · Italy 101 · United States 66 · Belgium 15.

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

What kind of ingredient is unrefined salt?

Unrefined salt is a kind of salt.

Kinds of unrefined saltUnrefined sea salt

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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: Unrefined salt
  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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