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Chestnut mushroom on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Chestnut mushroom is a kind of mushroom. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 148 products, most often in vegetables.

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Does chestnut mushroom contain an allergen?

Chestnut mushroom 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 chestnut mushroom vegan?

Yes. Chestnut mushroom 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 chestnut mushroom have on a label?

In English chestnut mushroom can also read “pholiota” or “chestnut mushrooms”. On European labels it is “pholiote” in French, “Schüpplinge” in German and “Pholiota” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishpholiotachestnut mushrooms
French
pholiote, pholiotes
German
Schüpplinge
Spanish
Pholiota
Italian
fungo Castagna, Pholiota
Polish
Łuskwiak
Swedish
Tofsskivlingar
Finnish
helokka, helokat
Czech
šupinovka
Croatian
foliota

Which foods contain chestnut mushroom?

Open Food Facts lists chestnut mushroom in the ingredients of 148 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium.

  • Vegetables44
  • Ready meals23
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches17
  • Sandwiches1
  • Pasta, rice and flour1
  • Dressings and sauces1

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 68 · Netherlands 41 · Belgium 14 · France 13.

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

What kind of ingredient is chestnut mushroom?

Chestnut mushroom is a kind of mushroom.

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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: Chestnut mushroom
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Pholiota

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