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

Rapeseed is a kind of root vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 20,435 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does rapeseed contain an allergen?

Rapeseed 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 rapeseed vegan?

Yes. Rapeseed 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 rapeseed have on a label?

In English rapeseed can also read “rape”, “oilseed rape” or “rape seed”. On European labels it is “colza” in French, “Raps” in German and “colza” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishrapeoilseed raperape seed
French
colza
German
Raps
Spanish
colza, nabina
Italian
colza
Dutch
koolzaad, raapzaad
Polish
rzepak, rzepaku
Swedish
raps, rapsfrön
Danish
raps
Norwegian
raps
Finnish
rapsi, rapsinsiemenet
Romanian
rapiță
Croatian
repica, repice

Which foods contain rapeseed?

Open Food Facts lists rapeseed in the ingredients of 20,435 products, most often biscuits and cakes, savoury snacks and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes3,094
  • Savoury snacks1,227
  • Dressings and sauces862
  • Bread818
  • Sweets677
  • Ready meals675

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 13,186 · France 2,072 · Germany 1,680 · Canada 664.

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

What kind of ingredient is rapeseed?

Rapeseed is a kind of root vegetable.

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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: Rapeseed
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Rapeseed

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