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Fresh onions on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Fresh onions are a kind of onion. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 868 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Do fresh onions contain an allergen?

Fresh onions are 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.

Are fresh onions vegan?

Yes. Fresh onions are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do fresh onions have on a label?

On European labels they are “oignons frais” in French, “frische Zwiebeln” in German and “Cebollas frescas” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
oignons frais
German
frische Zwiebeln
Spanish
Cebollas frescas
Italian
cipolla fresca
Dutch
verse uien
Finnish
tuore sipuli, tuoreet sipulit
Croatian
svježi luk

Which foods contain fresh onions?

Open Food Facts lists fresh onions in the ingredients of 868 products, most often dressings and sauces, processed meat and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Dressings and sauces389
  • Processed meat64
  • Ready meals45
  • Salty and fatty foods26
  • Vegetables25
  • Sandwiches20

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 525 · France 185 · Germany 46 · Russia 42.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where fresh onions turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are fresh onions?

Fresh onions are a kind of onion.

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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: Fresh onions
  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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