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

Sorghum is a kind of cereal. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,693 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does sorghum contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link sorghum to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is sorghum vegan?

Yes. Sorghum 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 sorghum have on a label?

In English sorghum can also read “jowar”. On European labels it is “sorgho” in French, “Sorghumhirsen” in German and “sorgo” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishjowar
French
sorgho
German
Sorghumhirsen
Spanish
sorgo
Italian
sorgo
Dutch
kafferkoren, sorgum
Polish
sorgo
Hungarian
cirok
Croatian
sirak

Which foods contain sorghum?

Open Food Facts lists sorghum or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,693 products, most often biscuits and cakes, bread and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Biscuits and cakes385
  • Bread226
  • Pasta, rice and flour151
  • Breakfast cereals72
  • Savoury snacks56
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches22

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,286 · France 114 · Canada 54 · United Kingdom 51.

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

What kind of ingredient is sorghum?

Sorghum is a kind of cereal.

Kinds of sorghumSorghum flour

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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: Sorghum
  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: Sorghum

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