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

Galangal 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 1,146 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does galangal contain an allergen?

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

Is galangal vegan?

Yes. Galangal 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 galangal have on a label?

In English galangal can also read “galangal root”. On European labels it is “galanga” in French, “Galgant” in German and “galanga” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishgalangal root
French
galanga
German
Galgant
Italian
galanga
Dutch
galanga, galangawortel
Swedish
galanga
Finnish
galanga, galgantti

Which foods contain galangal?

Open Food Facts lists galangal or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,146 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Dressings and sauces340
  • Ready meals240
  • Pasta, rice and flour42
  • Poultry24
  • Unsweetened drinks12
  • Savoury snacks10

Products with it, by country of sale: France 279 · United States 274 · Germany 201 · United Kingdom 195.

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

What kind of ingredient is galangal?

Galangal is a kind of spice.

Kinds of galangalBlack galangal

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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: Galangal
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Galangal

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