Coleslaw: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in coleslaw?

Of 173 packs of coleslaw whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 65% list egg, 60% list mustard, 28% list milk and 17% list celery. Another 20% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 18% for gluten and 17% for celery. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

Read the eggs guide · Read the mustard guide · Read the milk guide

What is coleslaw usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of coleslaw list, with the share of packs that list each: cabbage (94%), salt (94%), vinegar (91%) and sugar (90%).

• Cabbage94%
• Salt94%
• Vinegar91%
• Sugar90%
• Water89%
• Rapeseed oil83%
• Carrot72%
• White cabbage71%
• Onion69%
• Egg65%
• E415 xanthan gum58%
• Spirit vinegar48%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 203 · United Kingdom 119 · Germany 82 · United States 41.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for coleslaw.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is coleslaw?

In the Open Food Facts categories, coleslaw is one of the prepared salads.

What else is coleslaw called?

French

Coleslaw, Salade coleslaw

German

Krautsalat

Spanish

Ensalada de col

Italian

Insalata di cavolo

Dutch

Koolsalade

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
3. Open Food Facts: Coleslaw

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