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Ingredient dictionary

Curly endive on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Curly endive is a kind of endive. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 586 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 22 kcal and 1.5 g protein.

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

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Does curly endive contain an allergen?

Curly endive 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 curly endive vegan?

Yes. Curly endive 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 curly endive have on a label?

In English curly endive can also read “frisée lettuce”. On European labels it is “chicorée frisée” in French, “krauser Salat” in German and “escarola rizada” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishfrisée lettuce

French: chicorée frisée, frisée
German: krauser Salat, Endiven gekraust
Spanish: escarola rizada
Italian: indivia riccia
Dutch: krulandijvie, frisée sla
Portuguese: chicória frisada, chicória crespa
Polish: endywia kędzierzawa, endywia frisee
Swedish: frisésallat, friséesallat
Danish: kruset endivie
Finnish: friseesalaatti, kähäräendiivi
Croatian: kovrčava endivija

Which foods contain curly endive?

Open Food Facts lists curly endive in the ingredients of 586 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Spain.

Ready meals318
Vegetables160
Sandwiches16
Pasta, rice and flour2
Bread2
Sweets1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 283 · Germany 124 · Spain 66 · Italy 41.

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

How many calories are in curly endive?

Curly endive has about 22 kcal per 100 g, with 1.5 g protein, 2.4 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Curly endive, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

22kcal per 100 g

1.5g protein

2.4g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.7 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 2.5 g, salt 0.08 g, energy 93 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20012. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is curly endive?

Curly endive is a kind of endive.

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