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Ingredient dictionary

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

Water is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 449,088 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 0 kcal and 0 g protein.

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

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Does water contain an allergen?

Water 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 water vegan?

Yes. Water 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 water have on a label?

In English water can also read “drinking water” or “tap water”. On European labels it is “eau” in French, “Wasser” in German and “agua” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishdrinking watertap water

French: eau, eau potable
German: Wasser, Trinkwasser
Spanish: agua, agua potable
Italian: Acqua, acqua potabile
Dutch: opgiet
Portuguese: Água
Polish: Woda, wody
Swedish: vatten, bordsvatten
Danish: Vand
Norwegian: Vann
Finnish: vesi, vettä
Czech: Voda, pitná voda
Hungarian: víz, ivóvíz
Romanian: apă, apa
Croatian: voda, vode
Turkish: Su

Which foods contain water?

Open Food Facts lists water or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 449,088 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Dressings and sauces35,003
Ready meals33,179
Sweetened drinks29,695
Bread22,024
Biscuits and cakes20,878
Processed meat14,845

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 176,435 · France 123,847 · Germany 39,893 · United Kingdom 22,858.

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

How many calories are in water?

Water has about 0 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for food 18066 in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

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Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 0 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 18066. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is water?

Kinds of waterCarbonated water Filtered water Mineral water Spring water Cooking water Ice Brewing water Distilled waterWater like ice wrap

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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.

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