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Ingredient dictionary

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

Parsley is a kind of herb. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 38,919 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 43 kcal and 3.7 g protein.

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

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Does parsley contain an allergen?

Parsley 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 parsley vegan?

Yes. Parsley 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 parsley have on a label?

On European labels it is “persil” in French, “petersilie” in German and “perejil” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: persil
German: petersilie, persilie
Spanish: perejil
Italian: prezzemolo
Dutch: peterselie
Portuguese: salsa
Polish: pietruszka, pietruszki
Swedish: persilja
Danish: persille
Norwegian: persille
Finnish: persilja
Czech: petržel
Hungarian: petrezselyem
Romanian: pătrunjel, patrunjel
Croatian: peršin, peršina
Turkish: maydanoz

Which foods contain parsley?

Open Food Facts lists parsley or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 38,919 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Ready meals7,606
Dressings and sauces3,654
Savoury snacks1,438
Pasta, rice and flour1,263
Pizzas, pies and quiches1,256
Processed meat1,014

Products with it, by country of sale: France 13,086 · United States 11,957 · Germany 4,239 · United Kingdom 3,373.

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

How many calories are in parsley?

Parsley has about 43 kcal per 100 g, with 3.7 g protein, 3.5 g carbohydrate and 0.6 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Parsley, fresh” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

43kcal per 100 g

3.7g protein

3.5g carbohydrate

0.6g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 4.3 g, salt 0.59 g, energy 180 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11014. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is parsley?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, parsley sits under herb and leaf vegetable.

Kinds of parsleyCurly parsleyParsley sprigFlatleaf parsley

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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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