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Ingredient dictionary

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

Lettuce is a kind of leaf vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,841 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 15 kcal and 1.3 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does lettuce contain an allergen?

Lettuce 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 lettuce vegan?

Yes. Lettuce 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 lettuce have on a label?

In English lettuce can also read “Lettuces”. On European labels it is “laitue” in French, “Lattich” in German and “Lechuga” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In EnglishLettuces

French: laitue, Laitues
German: Lattich, Gartensalat
Spanish: Lechuga, Lechugas
Italian: Lattuga
Dutch: sla
Portuguese: alface
Polish: sałata, sałaty
Swedish: Sallat, Sallatsläktet
Norwegian: Salater
Finnish: lehtisalaatti
Czech: locika, locika setá
Hungarian: kerti saláta
Romanian: salată
Croatian: zelena salata
Turkish: Marul

Which foods contain lettuce?

Open Food Facts lists lettuce or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,841 products, most often ready meals, sandwiches and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Ready meals729
Sandwiches536
Vegetables354
Fruit and vegetables307
Unsweetened drinks251
Sweets39

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,943 · France 658 · United Kingdom 419 · Germany 186.

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

How many calories are in lettuce?

Lettuce has about 15 kcal per 100 g, with 1.3 g protein, 1.3 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Lettuce, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

15kcal per 100 g

1.3g protein

1.3g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.7 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.2 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 62 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20031. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is lettuce?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, lettuce sits under leaf vegetable and salad.

Kinds of lettuceRomaine lettuce Iceberg lettuceGreen leaf lettuceRed leaf lettuce

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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.

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