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Ingredient dictionary

Mashed potato on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Mashed potato is a kind of potato. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,170 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 92 kcal and 2.1 g protein.

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

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Does mashed potato contain an allergen?

Mashed potato 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 mashed potato vegan?

Yes. Mashed potato 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 mashed potato have on a label?

In English mashed potato can also read “mashed potatoes”. On European labels it is “purée de pomme de terre” in French, “kartoffelpüree” in German and “puré de papas” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishmashed potatoes

French: purée de pomme de terre, purée de pommes de terre
German: kartoffelpüree
Spanish: puré de papas
Italian: purea di patate
Dutch: aardappelpuree
Portuguese: purê de batata
Swedish: potatismos
Danish: kartoffelmos
Norwegian: potetmos
Finnish: perunasose, perunamuusi
Czech: bramborová kaše
Croatian: pire krumpir
Turkish: patates püresi

Which foods contain mashed potato?

Open Food Facts lists mashed potato or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,170 products, most often ready meals, potatoes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Ready meals379
Potatoes339
Pasta, rice and flour56
Cereals and potatoes54
Savoury snacks27
Fish and seafood11

Products with it, by country of sale: France 566 · United States 163 · Germany 162 · Belgium 61.

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

How many calories are in mashed potato?

Mashed potato has about 92 kcal per 100 g, with 2.1 g protein, 13 g carbohydrate and 3.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Mashed potatoes -average-” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

92kcal per 100 g

2.1g protein

13g carbohydrate

3.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.5 g, saturated fat 1.7 g, fibre 1.6 g, salt 0.35 g, energy 385 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 4047. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is mashed potato?

Mashed potato is a kind of potato.

Kinds of mashed potatoInstant mashed potatoes

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