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

Tuber is a kind of root vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 52,512 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does tuber contain an allergen?

Tuber 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 tuber vegan?

Yes. Tuber 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 tuber have on a label?

In English tuber can also read “tubers” or “tuber vegetable”. On European labels it is “tubercule” in French, “Knollengemüse” in German and “tubérculo” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishtuberstuber vegetable
French
tubercule
German
Knollengemüse, Pflanzenknolle
Spanish
tubérculo, tubérculos
Italian
tubero
Dutch
knolgroente, knol
Portuguese
tubérculo
Polish
bulwa
Swedish
knöl, stamknöl
Danish
knold, stængelknold
Norwegian
knoll, stengelknoll
Finnish
mukula
Czech
hlíza
Hungarian
gumó
Romanian
tubercul
Croatian
gomolj
Turkish
yumru

Which foods contain tuber?

Open Food Facts lists tuber or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 52,512 products, most often ready meals, savoury snacks and potatoes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Ready meals8,324
  • Savoury snacks7,207
  • Potatoes4,592
  • Soups1,737
  • Pasta, rice and flour1,180
  • Vegetables1,073

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 17,417 · France 15,356 · Germany 4,567 · United Kingdom 4,155.

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

What kind of ingredient is tuber?

Tuber is a kind of root vegetable.

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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: Tuber
  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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