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White distilled vinegar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
White distilled vinegar is a kind of distilled vinegar. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,360 products, most often in dressings and sauces.
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Does white distilled vinegar contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link white distilled vinegar to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is white distilled vinegar vegan?
Yes. White distilled vinegar is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does white distilled vinegar have on a label?
In English white distilled vinegar can also read “distilled white vinegar”. On European labels it is “Vinaigre blanc distillé” in French, “weißer destillierter Essig” in German and “vinagre blanco destilado” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- Vinaigre blanc distillé
- German
- weißer destillierter Essig
- Spanish
- vinagre blanco destilado
- Italian
- aceto bianco distillato
- Croatian
- bijeli destilirani ocat
Which foods contain white distilled vinegar?
Open Food Facts lists white distilled vinegar in the ingredients of 3,360 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,254 · France 39 · Canada 21 · Bolivia 17.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where white distilled vinegar turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is white distilled vinegar?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, white distilled vinegar sits under distilled vinegar and white vinegar.
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- Open Food Facts: White distilled vinegar
- 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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