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Chicory fibre on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Chicory fibre is a kind of chicory. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,929 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does chicory fibre contain an allergen?

Chicory fibre 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 chicory fibre vegan?

Yes. Chicory fibre 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 chicory fibre have on a label?

In English chicory fibre can also read “chicory root fiber”. On European labels it is “fibre de chicorée” in French, “Zichorienfäser” in German and “fibra de la raíz de achicoria” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishchicory root fiber
French
fibre de chicorée, fibres de chicorée
German
Zichorienfäser, Zichorienwurzelfaser
Spanish
fibra de la raíz de achicoria, fibra de achicoria
Italian
Fibre di cicoria, fibra di radice di cicoria
Dutch
chichoreivezel, chichoreiwortelvezel
Polish
błonnik z cykorii, błonnik z korzenia cykorii
Swedish
cikoriarotfiber, fiber från cikoriarot
Danish
cikoriefibre
Finnish
sikurikuitu, sikurijuurikuitu
Czech
vláknina z kořene čekanky, čekanková vláknina
Croatian
vlakna iz korijena cikorije

Which foods contain chicory fibre?

Open Food Facts lists chicory fibre or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,929 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes892
  • Breakfast cereals249
  • Milk and yoghurt157
  • Pasta, rice and flour126
  • Sweets118
  • Ready meals117

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,858 · France 858 · United Kingdom 550 · Australia 124.

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

What kind of ingredient is chicory fibre?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, chicory fibre sits under chicory and vegetable fiber.

Kinds of chicory fibreFiber from chicory root-oligofructose

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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: Chicory fibre
  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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