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Green asparagus heads on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Green asparagus heads are one of the asparagus heads. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 24 products, most often in ready meals.
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Do green asparagus heads contain an allergen?
Green asparagus heads 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 green asparagus heads vegan?
Yes. Green asparagus heads are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.
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What other names do green asparagus heads have on a label?
On European labels they are “pointes d'asperges vertes” in French, “espárrago verde” in Spanish and “teste di asparagi verdi” in Italian.
- French
- pointes d'asperges vertes
- Spanish
- espárrago verde, espárrago verde tallos y puntas
- Italian
- teste di asparagi verdi
Which foods contain green asparagus heads?
Open Food Facts lists green asparagus heads in the ingredients of 24 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 16 · Spain 8 · Germany 1 · Belgium 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where green asparagus heads turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are green asparagus heads?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, green asparagus heads sit under asparagus heads and green asparagus.
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- Open Food Facts: Green asparagus heads
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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