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

Daikon is a kind of radish. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 124 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does daikon contain an allergen?

Daikon 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 daikon vegan?

Yes. Daikon 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 daikon have on a label?

In English daikon can also read “white radish”, “winter radish” or “oriental radish”. On European labels it is “radis blanc” in French, “Winterrettich” in German and “rábano blanco” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishwhite radishwinter radishoriental radishlong white radish
French
radis blanc, radis d'hiver
German
Winterrettich
Spanish
rábano blanco
Italian
ravanello bianco
Dutch
witte rammenas
Polish
biała rzodkiew, białej rzodkwi

Which foods contain daikon?

Open Food Facts lists daikon in the ingredients of 124 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Japan.

  • Ready meals39
  • Vegetables10
  • Unsweetened drinks8
  • Sandwiches7
  • Salty and fatty foods6
  • Pasta, rice and flour5

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 34 · France 29 · Japan 14 · United Kingdom 13.

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

What kind of ingredient is daikon?

Daikon is a kind of radish.

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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: Daikon
  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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