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Ingredient dictionary

Red beetroot on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Red beetroot is a kind of beetroot. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,860 products, most often in milk and yoghurt. Per 100 g: about 50 kcal and 1.7 g protein.

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

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Does red beetroot contain an allergen?

Red beetroot 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 red beetroot vegan?

Yes. Red beetroot 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 red beetroot have on a label?

On European labels it is “betterave rouge” in French, “Rote Bete” in German and “Remolacha roja” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French: betterave rouge, betteraves rouges
German: Rote Bete, Rote Beete
Spanish: Remolacha roja
Italian: barbabietole rosse
Dutch: rode biet
Portuguese: beterraba vermelha
Polish: burak czerwony, buraki czerwone
Czech: červená řepa
Croatian: crvena cikla

Which foods contain red beetroot?

Open Food Facts lists red beetroot or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,860 products, most often milk and yoghurt, ice cream and processed meat. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and the United States.

Milk and yoghurt297
Ice cream290
Processed meat277
Ready meals255
Sweets233
Unsweetened drinks208

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 1,895 · France 1,642 · United States 508 · Switzerland 292.

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

How many calories are in red beetroot?

Red beetroot has about 50 kcal per 100 g, with 1.7 g protein, 9.1 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Betterave rouge, crue” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

50kcal per 100 g

1.7g protein

9.1g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 6.8 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 2.6 g, salt 0.15 g, energy 212 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20091. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is red beetroot?

Red beetroot is a kind of beetroot.

Kinds of red beetrootRed beetroot juiceCooked red beetroot

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