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

Taro is a kind of tuber. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 163 products, most often in savoury snacks.

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Does taro contain an allergen?

Taro 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 taro vegan?

Yes. Taro 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 taro have on a label?

On European labels it is “Colocasia esculenta” in French, “Colocasia esculenta” in Spanish and “Colocasia esculenta” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
Colocasia esculenta
Spanish
Colocasia esculenta
Italian
Colocasia esculenta
Polish
Kolokazja jadalna, eddo
Finnish
Taaro
Czech
Kolokázie jedlá
Turkish
Gölevez

Which foods contain taro?

Open Food Facts lists taro or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 163 products, most often savoury snacks, biscuits and cakes and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, Thailand and France.

  • Savoury snacks13
  • Biscuits and cakes7
  • Vegetables5
  • Bread5
  • Ready meals3
  • Sweetened drinks2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 114 · Thailand 18 · France 8 · Australia 7.

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

What kind of ingredient is taro?

Taro is a kind of tuber.

Kinds of taroTaro tuberTahitian taro

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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: Taro
  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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