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

Morel is a kind of mushroom. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 273 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does morel contain an allergen?

Morel 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 morel vegan?

Yes. Morel 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 morel have on a label?

In English morel can also read “morels”. On European labels it is “morille” in French, “Morcheln” in German and “spugnole” in Italian. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishmorels
French
morille, morilles
German
Morcheln
Italian
spugnole
Dutch
Morielje
Polish
Smardz, smardze
Finnish
huhtasieni, huhtasienet
Czech
smrž
Romanian
Zbârciog
Croatian
smrčci

Which foods contain morel?

Open Food Facts lists morel in the ingredients of 273 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and poultry. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Switzerland.

  • Ready meals53
  • Vegetables49
  • Poultry39
  • Processed meat22
  • Offal21
  • Dressings and sauces19

Products with it, by country of sale: France 259 · United States 7 · Switzerland 7 · Belgium 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is morel?

Morel is a kind of mushroom.

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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: Morel
  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: Morchella

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