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Ingredient dictionary

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

Chicory is a kind of shoot vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,214 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 20 kcal and 1.2 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does chicory contain an allergen?

Chicory 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 vegan?

Yes. Chicory 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “Chicorée” in French, “Chicoree” in German and “Achicoria” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French: Chicorée
German: Chicoree, Zichorie
Spanish: Achicoria
Italian: Cicoria
Dutch: chicorij
Portuguese: chicória
Polish: cykoria, cykorii
Swedish: cikoria
Danish: cikorie
Finnish: sikuri
Croatian: cikorije

Which foods contain chicory?

Open Food Facts lists chicory or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 7,214 products, most often biscuits and cakes, unsweetened drinks and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Biscuits and cakes1,226
Unsweetened drinks443
Ready meals429
Breakfast cereals313
Pasta, rice and flour224
Milk and yoghurt222

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,355 · France 1,905 · United Kingdom 696 · Germany 296.

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

How many calories are in chicory?

Chicory has about 20 kcal per 100 g, with 1.2 g protein, 2.8 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Chicory, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

20kcal per 100 g

1.2g protein

2.8g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.4 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.1 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 85 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20026. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is chicory?

Chicory is a kind of shoot vegetable.

Kinds of chicoryChicory fibre Chicory root Chicory extract

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