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

Kasha is a kind of buckwheat. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 100 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does kasha contain an allergen?

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

Is kasha vegan?

Yes. Kasha 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 kasha have on a label?

In English kasha can also read “buckwheat kasha”. On European labels it is “Kacha” in French, “Gretschnewaja Kascha” in German and “kasza gryczana” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishbuckwheat kasha
French
Kacha
German
Gretschnewaja Kascha
Spanish
kasza gryczana
Italian
kaša
Dutch
Kasja
Polish
kasza gryczana, kaszy gryczanej
Hungarian
hajdinakása
Croatian
heljdina prekrupa
Turkish
Düğürcük çorbası

Which foods contain kasha?

Open Food Facts lists kasha in the ingredients of 100 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, breakfast cereals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in Poland, France and Germany.

  • Pasta, rice and flour39
  • Breakfast cereals23
  • Biscuits and cakes11
  • Ready meals6
  • Savoury snacks4
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches1

Products with it, by country of sale: Poland 49 · France 46 · Germany 4 · Belgium 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is kasha?

Kasha is a kind of buckwheat.

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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: Kasha
  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: Kasha

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