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Ingredient dictionary

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

Rocket is a kind of salad. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,689 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 28 kcal and 2.6 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does rocket contain an allergen?

Rocket 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 rocket vegan?

Yes. Rocket 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 rocket have on a label?

In English rocket can also read “arugula”, “garden rocket” or “eruca”. On European labels it is “roquette” in French, “Rucola” in German and “rúcula” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englisharugulagarden rocketerucarucolarucolirugulacolewortroquette

French: roquette, riquette
German: Rucola, Garten-Senfrauke
Spanish: rúcula, rúcola
Italian: ruchetta, rughetta
Dutch: rucola, raketsla
Portuguese: rúcula
Polish: rokietta siewna, rukolą
Swedish: rucola, rucolasallad
Danish: rucola, rucolasalat
Norwegian: ruccola
Finnish: sinappikaali, rucola
Czech: roketa setá
Hungarian: borsmustár, rukkola
Romanian: voinicică
Croatian: rukola
Turkish: roka

Which foods contain rocket?

Open Food Facts lists rocket or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,689 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and fruit and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Ready meals358
Vegetables279
Fruit and vegetables228
Pizzas, pies and quiches165
Sandwiches140
Dressings and sauces46

Products with it, by country of sale: France 634 · United States 519 · Germany 126 · United Kingdom 80.

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

How many calories are in rocket?

Rocket has about 28 kcal per 100 g, with 2.6 g protein, 2.1 g carbohydrate and 0.7 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Roman rocket, raw” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

28kcal per 100 g

2.6g protein

2.1g carbohydrate

0.7g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.1 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 1.6 g, salt 0.07 g, energy 117 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20217 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is rocket?

Rocket is a kind of salad.

Kinds of rocketBaby arugulaRaw rocket

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