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Ingredient dictionary

Pak choi on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Pak choi 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 298 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour. Per 100 g: about 16 kcal and 1.4 g protein.

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

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Does pak choi contain an allergen?

Pak choi 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 pak choi vegan?

Yes. Pak choi 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 pak choi have on a label?

In English pak choi can also read “bok choy” or “pok choi”. On European labels it is “bok choy” in French, “Chinesischer Senfkohl” in German and “bok choy” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishbok choypok choi

French: bok choy
German: Chinesischer Senfkohl
Spanish: bok choy
Italian: bok choy
Dutch: paksoi, bokchoy
Portuguese: bok-choi, tsoi sum
Polish: bok choy, pok choi
Swedish: sellerikål
Danish: bok choi, kinesisk kål
Norwegian: bak choy, pak choy
Finnish: pinaattikiinankaali, bok choy
Czech: bok čoj, pak čoj zelí
Hungarian: bordáskel, bok choy

Which foods contain pak choi?

Open Food Facts lists pak choi in the ingredients of 298 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Pasta, rice and flour62
Ready meals50
Vegetables32
Fruit and vegetables17
Unsweetened drinks5
Savoury snacks3

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 148 · France 47 · United Kingdom 33 · Netherlands 24.

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

How many calories are in pak choi?

Pak choi has about 16 kcal per 100 g, with 1.4 g protein, 1.7 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Chinese cabbage (nappa cabbage or bok choy), raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

16kcal per 100 g

1.4g protein

1.7g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.2 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.1 g, salt 0.13 g, energy 66 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20167. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pak choi?

Pak choi 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.

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