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Ingredient dictionary

Chinese cabbage on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Chinese cabbage is a kind of cabbage. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 522 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 16 kcal and 1.4 g protein.

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

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Does Chinese cabbage contain an allergen?

Chinese cabbage 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 Chinese cabbage vegan?

Yes. Chinese cabbage 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 Chinese cabbage have on a label?

In English Chinese cabbage can also read “Napa cabbage”. On European labels it is “chou chinois” in French, “Chinakohl” in German and “col china” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In EnglishNapa cabbage

French: chou chinois, pe-tsaï
German: Chinakohl
Spanish: col china
Italian: cavolo di pechino
Dutch: chinese kool
Portuguese: couve-da-china
Polish: kapusta pekińska, kapusta właściwa pekińska
Swedish: kinakål
Danish: kinakål
Norwegian: napakål
Finnish: kiinankaali
Czech: pekingské zelí
Croatian: kineski kupus
Turkish: çin lahanası

Which foods contain Chinese cabbage?

Open Food Facts lists Chinese cabbage or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 522 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Ready meals86
Vegetables81
Pasta, rice and flour32
Salty and fatty foods29
Fruit and vegetables16
Unsweetened drinks16

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 226 · France 92 · Germany 56 · United Kingdom 24.

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

How many calories are in Chinese cabbage?

Chinese cabbage has about 16 kcal per 100 g, with 1.4 g protein, 1.7 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Chinese cabbage (nappa cabbage or bok choy), raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

16kcal per 100 g

1.4g protein

1.7g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.2 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.1 g, salt 0.13 g, energy 66 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20167. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is Chinese cabbage?

Chinese cabbage is a kind of cabbage.

Kinds of Chinese cabbageNapa cabbage

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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.

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