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

Red leaf lettuce is a kind of lettuce. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 77 products, most often in fruit and vegetables.

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Does red leaf lettuce contain an allergen?

Red leaf lettuce 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 leaf lettuce vegan?

Yes. Red leaf lettuce 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 leaf lettuce have on a label?

On European labels it is “lattuga rossa” in Italian and “rödbladig sallad” in Swedish.

Italian
lattuga rossa
Swedish
rödbladig sallad

Which foods contain red leaf lettuce?

Open Food Facts lists red leaf lettuce or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 77 products, most often fruit and vegetables, vegetables and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, Sweden and Italy.

  • Fruit and vegetables37
  • Vegetables10
  • Ready meals6
  • Unsweetened drinks2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 68 · Sweden 3 · Italy 2 · France 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is red leaf lettuce?

Red leaf lettuce is a kind of lettuce.

Kinds of red leaf lettuceRed baby batavia

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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: Red leaf lettuce
  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: Red leaf lettuce

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