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Ingredient dictionary

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

Bamboo is a kind of shoot vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,359 products, most often in ready meals.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does bamboo contain an allergen?

Bamboo 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 bamboo vegan?

Yes. Bamboo 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 bamboo have on a label?

On European labels it is “bambou” in French, “Bambus” in German and “Bambú” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: bambou
German: Bambus
Spanish: Bambú
Italian: bambù
Dutch: Bamboe
Portuguese: Bambu
Polish: Bambus
Swedish: Bambu
Danish: Bambus
Norwegian: bambus
Finnish: bambu
Czech: Bambus
Hungarian: Bambusz
Romanian: Bambus
Croatian: bambus
Turkish: Bambu

Which foods contain bamboo?

Open Food Facts lists bamboo or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,359 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Ready meals338
Vegetables126
Dressings and sauces85
Pasta, rice and flour77
Meat49
Poultry38

Products with it, by country of sale: France 474 · United States 217 · Germany 206 · Italy 102.

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

What kind of ingredient is bamboo?

Bamboo is a kind of shoot vegetable.

Kinds of bambooBamboo shootSasa veitchii

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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.

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