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

Dried cep is a kind of cep. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 186 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does dried cep contain an allergen?

Dried 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 dried cep vegan?

Yes. Dried 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 dried cep have on a label?

In English dried cep can also read “dried porcini mushroom” or “dried porcini mushrooms”. On European labels it is “cèpes déshydratés” in French, “getrocknete Steinpilze” in German and “porcini secchi” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishdried porcini mushroomdried porcini mushrooms
French
cèpes déshydratés
German
getrocknete Steinpilze
Italian
porcini secchi
Finnish
kuivattu herkkutatti
Croatian
sušeni vrganji

Which foods contain dried cep?

Open Food Facts lists dried cep in the ingredients of 186 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  • Ready meals65
  • Pasta, rice and flour20
  • Vegetables15
  • Dressings and sauces11
  • Poultry9
  • Potatoes6

Products with it, by country of sale: France 104 · United Kingdom 32 · United States 31 · Germany 19.

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

What kind of ingredient is dried cep?

Dried cep is a kind of cep.

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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: Dried 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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