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Ingredient dictionary

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

Parsnip is a kind of taproot vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,901 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 58 kcal and 1.5 g protein.

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

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Does parsnip contain an allergen?

Parsnip 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 parsnip vegan?

Yes. Parsnip 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 parsnip have on a label?

On European labels it is “panais” in French, “Pastinake” in German and “Pastinaca” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: panais
German: Pastinake, Pastinaken
Spanish: Pastinaca, chirivia
Italian: pastinaca
Dutch: pastinaak
Portuguese: pastinaca
Polish: pasternak
Swedish: Palsternacka
Danish: pastinak
Norwegian: pastinakk
Finnish: Palsternakka
Czech: pastinák
Hungarian: Pasztinák
Romanian: Păstârnac
Croatian: pastrnjak
Turkish: yabani havuç

Which foods contain parsnip?

Open Food Facts lists parsnip or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,901 products, most often ready meals, soups and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Ready meals493
Soups202
Processed meat178
Baby foods161
Savoury snacks124
Vegetables123

Products with it, by country of sale: France 964 · Germany 824 · United Kingdom 267 · Netherlands 201.

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

How many calories are in parsnip?

Parsnip has about 58 kcal per 100 g, with 1.5 g protein, 10 g carbohydrate and 0.4 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Parsnip, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

58kcal per 100 g

1.5g protein

10g carbohydrate

0.4g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 4.8 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 4.7 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 245 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20181. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is parsnip?

Parsnip is a kind of taproot vegetable.

Kinds of parsnipCooked parsnip

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