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

Whisky is a kind of alcohol. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 357 products, most often in alcoholic drinks. Per 100 g: about 252 kcal and 0 g protein.

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Does whisky contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link whisky to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is whisky vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of whisky are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

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What other names does whisky have on a label?

On European labels it is “scotch whiskey” in French and “viski” in Finnish.

French
scotch whiskey
Finnish
viski

Which foods contain whisky?

Open Food Facts lists whisky or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 357 products, most often alcoholic drinks, dressings and sauces and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Germany.

  • Alcoholic drinks95
  • Dressings and sauces48
  • Sweets45
  • Ready meals29
  • Chocolate10
  • Fish and seafood6

Products with it, by country of sale: France 198 · Belgium 53 · Germany 50 · Switzerland 25.

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

How many calories are in whisky?

Whisky has about 252 kcal per 100 g, with 0 g protein, 0.1 g carbohydrate and 0 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Whisky” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

252kcal per 100 g
0g protein
0.1g carbohydrate
0g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.1 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0 g, energy 1,050 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 1005. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is whisky?

Whisky is a kind of alcohol.

Kinds of whiskyScotch whisky

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Sources

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: Whisky
  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
  4. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. Wikipedia: Whisky

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