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Ingredient dictionary

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

Chard is a kind of leaf vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 906 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 16 kcal and 1 g protein.

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

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Does chard contain an allergen?

Chard 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 chard vegan?

Yes. Chard 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 chard have on a label?

In English chard can also read “Chards”, “Swiss chard” or “silver beet”. On European labels it is “blette” in French, “Mangold” in German and “Acelgas” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In EnglishChardsSwiss chardsilver beetseakale beetleaf beet

French: blette, Blettes
German: Mangold
Spanish: Acelgas
Italian: Bietola, bietole
Dutch: snijbiet
Portuguese: acelga
Polish: boćwina, botwina
Swedish: mangold
Danish: bladbede, sølvbede
Norwegian: bladbete
Finnish: mangoldi, lehtimangoldi
Czech: Mangold
Hungarian: Mángold
Romanian: Mangold
Croatian: blitva
Turkish: Pazı

Which foods contain chard?

Open Food Facts lists chard or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 906 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Spain.

Ready meals184
Processed meat148
Vegetables58
Sandwiches54
Fruit and vegetables46
Poultry39

Products with it, by country of sale: France 526 · United States 229 · Spain 45 · Italy 42.

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

How many calories are in chard?

Chard has about 16 kcal per 100 g, with 1 g protein, 1.6 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Swiss chard, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

16kcal per 100 g

1g protein

1.6g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.2 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.8 g, salt 0.57 g, energy 68 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20004. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is chard?

Chard is a kind of leaf vegetable.

Kinds of chardRed chardChard concentrate

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