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

Salad is a kind of vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,241 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does salad contain an allergen?

Salad 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 salad vegan?

Yes. Salad 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 salad have on a label?

In English salad can also read “leafy greens” or “salad greens”. On European labels it is “salade” in French, “Salat” in German and “Ensalada” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishleafy greenssalad greens
French
salade
German
Salat
Spanish
Ensalada
Italian
Insalata
Dutch
salade
Swedish
Sallad
Danish
salat
Finnish
salaatti, salaatit
Hungarian
saláta
Croatian
salata

Which foods contain salad?

Open Food Facts lists salad or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 7,241 products, most often ready meals, sandwiches and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals1,366
  • Sandwiches1,239
  • Vegetables974
  • Fruit and vegetables519
  • Unsweetened drinks256
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches170

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,493 · France 2,460 · United Kingdom 537 · Germany 452.

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

What kind of ingredient is salad?

Salad is a kind of vegetable.

Kinds of saladLettuceRocketCorn saladSorrelBataviaOak leaf lettuceSalad mixWild rocketMixed salad

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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: Salad
  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: Salad

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