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Russet potatoes on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Russet potatoes are a kind of potato. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 181 products, most often in ready meals.
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Do russet potatoes contain an allergen?
Russet potatoes are 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.
Are russet potatoes vegan?
Yes. Russet potatoes are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.
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What other names do russet potatoes have on a label?
On European labels they are “Pommes de terres rousses” in French, “Geröstete Kartoffeln” in German and “patate rosse” in Italian. One more language is listed below.
- French
- Pommes de terres rousses
- German
- Geröstete Kartoffeln
- Italian
- patate rosse
- Croatian
- riđi krumpir
Which foods contain russet potatoes?
Open Food Facts lists russet potatoes in the ingredients of 181 products, most often ready meals, fruit and vegetables and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, Canada and Ireland.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 166 · Canada 8 · Ireland 2 · Germany 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where russet potatoes turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are russet potatoes?
Russet potatoes are a kind of potato.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Russet potatoes
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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