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Ingredient dictionary

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

Fenugreek is a kind of spice. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,177 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 350 kcal and 27 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does fenugreek contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link fenugreek to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is fenugreek vegan?

Yes. Fenugreek 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 fenugreek have on a label?

On European labels it is “fenugrec” in French, “bockshornklee” in German and “fenogreco” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: fenugrec
German: bockshornklee
Spanish: fenogreco, alholva
Italian: fieno greco
Dutch: fenegriek
Portuguese: feno-grego, fenacho
Polish: kozieradka, kozieradki
Swedish: bockhornsklöver
Danish: bukkehorn
Norwegian: bukkehornkløver, bukkehornskløver
Finnish: sarviapila
Czech: pískavice
Hungarian: görögszéna
Romanian: schinduf
Croatian: piskavica
Turkish: çemen otu

Which foods contain fenugreek?

Open Food Facts lists fenugreek or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,177 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Germany.

Ready meals594
Dressings and sauces440
Pasta, rice and flour222
Processed meat143
Poultry102
Savoury snacks102

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,187 · United Kingdom 865 · Germany 680 · United States 588.

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

How many calories are in fenugreek?

Fenugreek has about 350 kcal per 100 g, with 27 g protein, 34 g carbohydrate and 6.4 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Fenugreek, seed” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

350kcal per 100 g

27g protein

34g carbohydrate

6.4g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 8.7 g, saturated fat 1.5 g, fibre 25 g, salt 0.17 g, energy 1,470 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11077 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is fenugreek?

Fenugreek is a kind of spice.

Kinds of fenugreekFenugreek seed Fenugreek leaf

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