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Ingredient dictionary

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

Cep is a kind of boletus. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,076 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 32 kcal and 3.1 g protein.

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

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Does cep contain an allergen?

Cep 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 cep vegan?

Yes. Cep 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 cep have on a label?

In English cep can also read “porcini mushroom” or “porcini mushrooms”. On European labels it is “cèpe” in French, “Steinpilze” in German and “boletus” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishporcini mushroomporcini mushrooms

French: cèpe, cèpes
German: Steinpilze
Spanish: boletus, seta común
Italian: funghi porcini
Dutch: eekhoorntjesbrood
Polish: Borowik szlachetny, prawdziwek
Swedish: karljohanssvamp, stensopp
Danish: Karl Johan-svamp, Karl Johan
Norwegian: Steinsopp
Finnish: Herkkutatti
Czech: hřib smrkový
Hungarian: Ízletes vargánya
Romanian: Hrib
Croatian: ljetni vrganj, vrganji
Turkish: Çörek mantarı

Which foods contain cep?

Open Food Facts lists cep or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,076 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

Ready meals572
Vegetables264
Pasta, rice and flour186
Dressings and sauces131
Processed meat93
Poultry66

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,194 · Germany 237 · United States 188 · Italy 147.

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

How many calories are in cep?

Cep has about 32 kcal per 100 g, with 3.1 g protein, 3 g carbohydrate and 0.4 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Cep or boletus mushroom, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

32kcal per 100 g

3.1g protein

3g carbohydrate

0.4g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.7 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 1.9 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 133 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20160. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is cep?

Cep is a kind of boletus.

Kinds of cepDried cep

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