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Broad-leaved endive on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Broad-leaved endive is a kind of endive. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 140 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does broad-leaved endive contain an allergen?

Broad-leaved endive 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 broad-leaved endive vegan?

Yes. Broad-leaved endive 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 broad-leaved endive have on a label?

In English broad-leaved endive can also read “Batavian endive”, “escarole” or “flat endive”. On European labels it is “chicorée scarole” in French, “glatte Endivie” in German and “escarola lisa” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In EnglishBatavian endiveescaroleflat endive
French
chicorée scarole
German
glatte Endivie, Eskariol
Spanish
escarola lisa
Italian
indivia scarola
Dutch
kropandijvie, andijvie breedblad
Polish
endywia szerokolistna, endywia escarola
Swedish
escarolesallat
Danish
bredbladet endivie, escarole
Finnish
siloendiivi, lehtisikuri
Croatian
širokolisna endivija

Which foods contain broad-leaved endive?

Open Food Facts lists broad-leaved endive in the ingredients of 140 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and fruit and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, Italy and Spain.

  • Ready meals65
  • Vegetables38
  • Fruit and vegetables9
  • Soups4
  • Pasta, rice and flour2
  • Unsweetened drinks1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 33 · Italy 32 · Spain 25 · Poland 17.

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

What kind of ingredient is broad-leaved endive?

Broad-leaved endive is a kind of endive.

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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: Broad-leaved endive
  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

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