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Ingredient dictionary

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

Truffle is a kind of mushroom. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,082 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does truffle contain an allergen?

Truffle 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 truffle vegan?

Yes. Truffle 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 truffle have on a label?

On European labels it is “truffe” in French, “trüffel” in German and “trufa” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French: truffe
German: trüffel
Spanish: trufa
Italian: Tartufo
Dutch: truffel
Polish: trufla, trufle
Swedish: tryffel
Danish: trøffel
Hungarian: szarvasgomba
Croatian: tartuf
Turkish: trüf mantarı

Which foods contain truffle?

Open Food Facts lists truffle or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,082 products, most often dressings and sauces, cheese and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the Netherlands.

Dressings and sauces135
Cheese99
Ready meals70
Processed meat64
Pasta, rice and flour63
Salty and fatty foods52

Products with it, by country of sale: France 563 · United States 209 · Netherlands 72 · Germany 70.

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

What kind of ingredient is truffle?

Truffle is a kind of mushroom.

Kinds of truffleSummer truffle Black truffleTuber magnatum

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