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

Boletus is a kind of mushroom. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,139 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does boletus contain an allergen?

Boletus 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 boletus vegan?

Yes. Boletus 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 boletus have on a label?

On European labels it is “bolet” in French and “borowik” in Polish.

French
bolet
Polish
borowik, borowiki

Which foods contain boletus?

Open Food Facts lists boletus or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,139 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Ready meals595
  • Vegetables270
  • Pasta, rice and flour190
  • Dressings and sauces137
  • Processed meat94
  • Poultry66

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,235 · Germany 238 · United States 189 · Italy 151.

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

What kind of ingredient is boletus?

Boletus is a kind of mushroom.

Kinds of boletusCepSummer cep

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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: Boletus
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Boletus

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