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Cardamom pod on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cardamom pod is a kind of cardamom. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 91 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does cardamom pod contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link cardamom pod to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is cardamom pod vegan?

Yes. Cardamom pod 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 cardamom pod have on a label?

On European labels it is “kardamom ganz” in German, “cardamomo in baccelli” in Italian and “kardemummakapsel” in Swedish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

German
kardamom ganz, Kardamon-Schote
Italian
cardamomo in baccelli
Swedish
kardemummakapsel
Danish
hel kardemomme
Croatian
mahuna kardamoma

Which foods contain cardamom pod?

Open Food Facts lists cardamom pod in the ingredients of 91 products, most often ready meals, unsweetened drinks and fruit. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

  • Ready meals34
  • Unsweetened drinks11
  • Fruit4
  • Sweetened drinks1
  • Vegetables1
  • Poultry1

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 72 · United States 10 · France 6 · Germany 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is cardamom pod?

Cardamom pod is a kind of cardamom.

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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: Cardamom pod
  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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