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

Cultivated 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 4,787 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does cultivated mushroom contain an allergen?

Cultivated 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 cultivated mushroom vegan?

Yes. Cultivated 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 cultivated mushroom have on a label?

On European labels it is “champignon cultivé” in French, “Zuchtchampignons” in German and “seta cultivada” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
champignon cultivé, champignons cultivés
German
Zuchtchampignons, Zucht-Champignons
Spanish
seta cultivada, setas cultivadas
Dutch
gekweekte paddestoelen
Croatian
uzgojena gljiva

Which foods contain cultivated mushroom?

Open Food Facts lists cultivated mushroom or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,787 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

  • Ready meals1,552
  • Vegetables962
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches377
  • Dressings and sauces236
  • Pasta, rice and flour151
  • Meat65

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,395 · Germany 992 · Netherlands 344 · Switzerland 225.

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

What kind of ingredient is cultivated mushroom?

Cultivated mushroom is a kind of mushroom.

Kinds of cultivated mushroomChampignon

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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: Cultivated 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

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