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Forest mushroom on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Forest mushroom 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 136 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does forest mushroom contain an allergen?

Forest mushroom 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 forest mushroom vegan?

Yes. Forest mushroom 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 forest mushroom have on a label?

On European labels it is “champignon forestier” in French, “Waldpilze” in German and “funghi di bosco” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
champignon forestier, champignons forestiers
German
Waldpilze
Italian
funghi di bosco
Dutch
bospaddenstoel
Polish
grzyby leśne, grzybów leśnych
Croatian
šumska gljiva

Which foods contain forest mushroom?

Open Food Facts lists forest mushroom in the ingredients of 136 products, most often ready meals, poultry and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, Poland and Germany.

  • Ready meals38
  • Poultry21
  • Processed meat15
  • Salty and fatty foods6
  • Offal5
  • Vegetables4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 110 · Poland 15 · Germany 7 · Belgium 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is forest mushroom?

Forest mushroom 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: Forest mushroom
  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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