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White wine vinegar on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

White wine vinegar is a kind of wine vinegar. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 5,016 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does white wine vinegar contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link white wine 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 wine vinegar vegan?

Yes. White wine vinegar 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 white wine vinegar have on a label?

On European labels it is “vinaigre de vin blanc” in French, “Weißweinessig” in German and “Vinagre de vino blanco” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

French
vinaigre de vin blanc
German
Weißweinessig, Weissweinessig
Spanish
Vinagre de vino blanco
Italian
aceto di vino bianco
Dutch
witte wijnazijn
Portuguese
Vinagre de vinho branco
Polish
ocet winny biały, biały ocet winny
Swedish
vitvinsvinäger
Danish
Hvidvinseddike
Finnish
valkoviinietikka
Czech
bílý vinný ocet
Hungarian
fehérborecet
Croatian
bijeli vinski ocat

Which foods contain white wine vinegar?

Open Food Facts lists white wine vinegar or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 5,016 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and oily fish. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  • Dressings and sauces1,559
  • Ready meals819
  • Oily fish272
  • Sandwiches234
  • Vegetables192
  • Salty and fatty foods183

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,738 · United Kingdom 1,248 · United States 790 · Germany 639.

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

What kind of ingredient is white wine vinegar?

White wine vinegar is a kind of wine vinegar.

Kinds of white wine vinegarSpirit- and white wine vinegar

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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: White wine vinegar
  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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