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Baby kale on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Baby kale is a kind of kale. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 125 products, most often in fruit and vegetables.
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Does baby kale contain an allergen?
Baby kale 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 baby kale vegan?
Yes. Baby kale is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does baby kale have on a label?
On European labels it is “Jeunes pousses de chou frisé” in French, “Kohlsprossen” in German and “mladi kelj” in Croatian.
- French
- Jeunes pousses de chou frisé
- German
- Kohlsprossen
- Croatian
- mladi kelj
Which foods contain baby kale?
Open Food Facts lists baby kale in the ingredients of 125 products, most often fruit and vegetables, ready meals and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and Spain.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 121 · Germany 2 · Spain 1 · French Polynesia 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where baby kale turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is baby kale?
Baby kale is a kind of kale.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Baby kale
- 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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