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

Kohlrabi is a kind of cabbage. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 96 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 28 kcal and 1.8 g protein.

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Does kohlrabi contain an allergen?

Kohlrabi 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 kohlrabi vegan?

Yes. Kohlrabi 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 kohlrabi have on a label?

On European labels it is “chou-rave” in French, “colirrábano” in Spanish and “cavolo rapa” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
chou-rave
Spanish
colirrábano
Italian
cavolo rapa
Dutch
koolrabi
Polish
kalarepa
Croatian
korabica

Which foods contain kohlrabi?

Open Food Facts lists kohlrabi in the ingredients of 96 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and fruit and vegetables. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and the United States.

  • Ready meals17
  • Vegetables16
  • Fruit and vegetables8
  • Soups7
  • Salty and fatty foods3
  • Pasta, rice and flour1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 36 · France 27 · United States 22 · Netherlands 8.

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

How many calories are in kohlrabi?

Kohlrabi has about 28 kcal per 100 g, with 1.8 g protein, 4.4 g carbohydrate and 0.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Kohlrabi, boiled/cooked in water” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

28kcal per 100 g
1.8g protein
4.4g carbohydrate
0.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.8 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.1 g, salt 0.05 g, energy 117 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20094. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is kohlrabi?

Kohlrabi is a kind of cabbage.

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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: Kohlrabi
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. Wikipedia: Kohlrabi

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