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Ingredient dictionary

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

Whether penicillium carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 647 products, most often in cheese.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

Does penicillium contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link penicillium to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

What other names does penicillium have on a label?

On European labels it is “Pinselschimmel (Penicillium)” in German, “Monda” in Spanish and “Penicillina” in Italian. The other 5 languages are listed below.

German: Pinselschimmel (Penicillium)
Spanish: Monda
Italian: Penicillina
Polish: pędzlak
Norwegian: penselmuggsopper
Finnish: pensselihomeet
Czech: štětičkovec
Croatian: mikrobna kultura penicillium

Which foods contain penicillium?

Open Food Facts lists penicillium or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 647 products, most often cheese, pizzas, pies and quiches and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Spain.

Cheese460
Pizzas, pies and quiches25
Dressings and sauces12
Ready meals11
Pasta, rice and flour10
Fruit and vegetables5

Products with it, by country of sale: France 281 · United States 224 · Spain 41 · Italy 21.

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

What kind of ingredient is penicillium?

Kinds of penicilliumPencillium roquefortiPenicillium candidumPenicillium glaucum

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Sources

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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