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

Plantain is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 374 products, most often in savoury snacks.

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Does plantain contain an allergen?

Plantain 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 plantain vegan?

Yes. Plantain 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 plantain have on a label?

On European labels it is “platano macho” in Spanish, “piantaggine” in Italian and “weegbree” in Dutch. The other 3 languages are listed below.

Spanish
platano macho
Italian
piantaggine
Dutch
weegbree
Polish
plantan, plantany
Finnish
ratamo
Croatian
trputac

Which foods contain plantain?

Open Food Facts lists plantain in the ingredients of 374 products, most often savoury snacks, sweets and meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Italy.

  • Savoury snacks42
  • Sweets26
  • Meat10
  • Milk and yoghurt9
  • Pasta, rice and flour9
  • Biscuits and cakes9

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 229 · France 80 · Italy 16 · Switzerland 14.

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

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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: Plantain
  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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