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Ingredient dictionary

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

Beetroot is a kind of taproot vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 14,673 products, most often in unsweetened drinks. Per 100 g: about 50 kcal and 1.7 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does beetroot contain an allergen?

Beetroot 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 beetroot vegan?

Yes. Beetroot 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 beetroot have on a label?

In English beetroot can also read “beet” or “beet root”. On European labels it is “betterave” in French, “Rüben” in German and “remolacha” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishbeetbeet root

French: betterave, betteraves
German: Rüben, Randen
Spanish: remolacha, betarraga
Italian: barbabietola
Dutch: biet, bieten
Portuguese: beterraba
Polish: burak, buraki
Swedish: rödbeta, rödbetor
Danish: rødbede, rødbeder
Norwegian: rødbete, rødbeter
Finnish: punajuuri
Hungarian: cékla
Croatian: cikla, cikle

Which foods contain beetroot?

Open Food Facts lists beetroot or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 14,673 products, most often unsweetened drinks, biscuits and cakes and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Unsweetened drinks774
Biscuits and cakes755
Sweets741
Ready meals638
Processed meat568
Ice cream556

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5,723 · France 3,548 · Germany 2,211 · United Kingdom 835.

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

How many calories are in beetroot?

Beetroot has about 50 kcal per 100 g, with 1.7 g protein, 9.1 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Betterave rouge, crue” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

50kcal per 100 g

1.7g protein

9.1g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 6.8 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 2.6 g, salt 0.15 g, energy 212 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20091 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is beetroot?

Beetroot is a kind of taproot vegetable.

Kinds of beetrootRed beetroot Beetroot juice Beetroot powderBeetroot syrupBeetroot sprouts

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