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Ingredient dictionary

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

Endive is a kind of leaf vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 890 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 14 kcal and 1.3 g protein.

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

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Does endive contain an allergen?

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 endive vegan?

Yes. 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 endive have on a label?

In English endive can also read “Endives”. On European labels it is “scarole” in French, “Endivie” in German and “escarola” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In EnglishEndives

French: scarole, chicorée endive
German: Endivie, Endivien
Spanish: escarola, escarolas
Italian: scarola, indivia
Dutch: andijvie
Portuguese: endívia
Polish: endywia, endywii
Swedish: sydcikoria, cikoriasallat
Danish: endivie
Norwegian: endivie
Finnish: endiivi
Hungarian: endívia
Romanian: andivă
Croatian: endivija
Turkish: hindiba

Which foods contain endive?

Open Food Facts lists endive or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 890 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and fruit and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

Ready meals401
Vegetables206
Fruit and vegetables52
Sandwiches35
Pasta, rice and flour5
Soups4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 319 · Germany 195 · United States 96 · Spain 83.

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

How many calories are in endive?

Endive has about 14 kcal per 100 g, with 1.3 g protein, 0.3 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Escaroles” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

14kcal per 100 g

1.3g protein

0.3g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.2 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 3.1 g, salt 0.06 g, energy 59 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20090. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is endive?

Endive is a kind of leaf vegetable.

Kinds of endiveCurly endive Broad-leaved endiveRaw endive

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