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Ingredient dictionary

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

Carrot 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 66,366 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 40 kcal and 0.6 g protein.

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

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Does carrot contain an allergen?

Carrot 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 carrot vegan?

Yes. Carrot 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 carrot have on a label?

On European labels it is “carotte” in French, “Karotten” in German and “zanahoria” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: carotte, carottes courtes
German: Karotten, Karotte
Spanish: zanahoria, zanahoria baby
Italian: carota, carote
Dutch: wortel, wortels
Portuguese: cenoura
Polish: marchew uprawna, marchew
Swedish: morot, morötter
Danish: gulerod, gulerødder
Norwegian: gulrot
Finnish: porkkana, porkkanaa
Czech: mrkev, karotka
Hungarian: sárgarépa
Romanian: morcov, morcovi
Croatian: mrkva, mrkve
Turkish: havuç

Which foods contain carrot?

Open Food Facts lists carrot or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 66,366 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Ready meals14,537
Vegetables3,835
Dressings and sauces3,168
Sweets2,981
Pasta, rice and flour2,051
Soups2,006

Products with it, by country of sale: France 24,830 · United States 17,186 · Germany 8,166 · United Kingdom 4,054.

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

How many calories are in carrot?

Carrot has about 40 kcal per 100 g, with 0.6 g protein, 7.6 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Carrot, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

40kcal per 100 g

0.6g protein

7.6g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 6 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 2.7 g, salt 0.11 g, energy 169 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20009. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is carrot?

Carrot is a kind of taproot vegetable.

Kinds of carrotBlack carrot Carrot concentrate Carrot extract Carrot powder Yellow carrot Dried carrot Baby carrots Violet carrot Orange carrot Cooked carrot

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