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

Red cabbage is a kind of cabbage. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,729 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 30 kcal and 1.1 g protein.

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Does red cabbage contain an allergen?

Red cabbage 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 cabbage vegan?

Yes. Red cabbage 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 cabbage have on a label?

On European labels it is “chou rouge” in French, “rotkohl” in German and “cacho lombarda” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French
chou rouge
German
rotkohl, Rotkraut
Spanish
cacho lombarda, col lombarda
Italian
cavolo rosso
Dutch
rode kool, rodekool
Portuguese
couve-roxa
Polish
czerwona kapusta, kapusta czerwona
Swedish
rödkål
Danish
rødkål
Norwegian
rødkål
Finnish
punakaali
Czech
červené zelí
Hungarian
vörös káposzta
Romanian
varză roșie
Croatian
crveni kupus
Turkish
kırmızı lahana

Which foods contain red cabbage?

Open Food Facts lists red cabbage in the ingredients of 1,729 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and fruit and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Ready meals237
  • Vegetables219
  • Fruit and vegetables217
  • Sweets114
  • Biscuits and cakes69
  • Sandwiches63

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,023 · France 190 · Germany 185 · United Kingdom 134.

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

How many calories are in red cabbage?

Red cabbage has about 30 kcal per 100 g, with 1.1 g protein, 4.3 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Red cabbage, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

30kcal per 100 g
1.1g protein
4.3g carbohydrate
0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3.9 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 2.8 g, salt 0.04 g, energy 126 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20014. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is red cabbage?

Red cabbage is a kind of cabbage.

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Red cabbage
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. Wikipedia: Red cabbage

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