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Summer cep on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Summer cep is a kind of boletus. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 75 products, most often in vegetables.

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Does summer cep contain an allergen?

Summer cep 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 summer cep vegan?

Yes. Summer cep 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 summer cep have on a label?

In English summer cep can also read “Boletus reticulatus” or “reticulatus”. On European labels it is “Cèpe d'été” in French, “Sommer-Steinpilz” in German and “boleto reticulado” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In EnglishBoletus reticulatusreticulatus
French
Cèpe d'été, reticulatus
German
Sommer-Steinpilz
Spanish
boleto reticulado, boleto estival
Italian
Porcino, fungo Porcino
Polish
borowik usiatkowany
Finnish
tammenherkkutatti

Which foods contain summer cep?

Open Food Facts lists summer cep in the ingredients of 75 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Spain.

  • Vegetables36
  • Ready meals14
  • Pasta, rice and flour3
  • Milk and yoghurt2
  • Sweets1
  • Nuts1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 58 · Italy 21 · Spain 8 · Ireland 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is summer cep?

Summer cep is a kind of boletus.

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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: Summer cep
  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

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