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Dark cep on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Dark cep 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 75 products, most often in vegetables.

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Does dark cep contain an allergen?

Dark cep 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 dark cep vegan?

Yes. Dark cep 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 dark cep have on a label?

In English dark cep can also read “bronze bolete”. On European labels it is “Cèpe bronzé” in French, “dunkler Steinpilz” in German and “Porcino nero” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

In Englishbronze bolete
French
Cèpe bronzé
German
dunkler Steinpilz
Italian
Porcino nero, fungo Porcino nero
Polish
borowik ciemnobrązowy

Which foods contain dark cep?

Open Food Facts lists dark cep in the ingredients of 75 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and soups. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and Italy.

  • Vegetables40
  • Ready meals11
  • Soups2
  • Dressings and sauces2
  • Pasta, rice and flour2
  • Nuts1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 61 · Spain 12 · Italy 10 · Germany 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is dark cep?

Dark cep is a kind of mushroom.

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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: Dark cep
  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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