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

Okra is a kind of pod and seed vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 293 products, most often in vegetables.

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Does okra contain an allergen?

Okra 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 okra vegan?

Yes. Okra 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 okra have on a label?

On European labels it is “gombo” in French, “Gemüse-Eibisch” in German and “quimbombó” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
gombo
German
Gemüse-Eibisch
Spanish
quimbombó, quingombó
Italian
gombo, ocra
Portuguese
Quiabo
Croatian
bamija

Which foods contain okra?

Open Food Facts lists okra in the ingredients of 293 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Vegetables105
  • Ready meals54
  • Biscuits and cakes3
  • Dressings and sauces2
  • Fruit and vegetables2
  • Processed meat1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 253 · France 13 · Canada 8 · Bulgaria 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is okra?

Okra is a kind of pod and seed vegetable.

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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: Okra
  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

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