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Ingredient dictionary

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

Spinach is a kind of leaf vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 14,201 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 29 kcal and 2.6 g protein.

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

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Does spinach contain an allergen?

Spinach 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 spinach vegan?

Yes. Spinach 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 spinach have on a label?

On European labels it is “épinard” in French, “Spinat” in German and “espinacas” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: épinard, épinards
German: Spinat, Spinate
Spanish: espinacas
Italian: spinaci
Dutch: spinazie, babyspinazie
Portuguese: espinafres
Polish: Szpinak warzywny, szpinak
Swedish: spenat
Danish: spinat
Norwegian: spinat
Finnish: pinaatti
Czech: špenát, špenát setý
Hungarian: spenót
Romanian: Spanac
Croatian: špinat
Turkish: Ispanak

Which foods contain spinach?

Open Food Facts lists spinach or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 14,201 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Ready meals2,466
Pasta, rice and flour1,367
Vegetables992
Unsweetened drinks635
Pizzas, pies and quiches611
Soups418

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6,139 · France 3,549 · Germany 1,233 · United Kingdom 945.

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

How many calories are in spinach?

Spinach has about 29 kcal per 100 g, with 2.6 g protein, 2.3 g carbohydrate and 0.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Spinach, raw” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

29kcal per 100 g

2.6g protein

2.3g carbohydrate

0.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.3 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 2.4 g, salt 0.17 g, energy 120 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20059 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is spinach?

Spinach is a kind of leaf vegetable.

Kinds of spinachSpinach powderBaby spinach Spinach leaves Spinach pureeCooked spinachRaw spinachSpinach or amaranth

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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.

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