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Ingredient dictionary

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

Turmeric is a kind of spice. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 34,819 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 291 kcal and 9.7 g protein.

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

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Does turmeric contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link turmeric to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is turmeric vegan?

Yes. Turmeric 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 turmeric have on a label?

In English turmeric can also read “turmeric root”. On European labels it is “curcuma” in French, “Kurkuma” in German and “cúrcuma” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishturmeric root

French: curcuma, curcuma rond
German: Kurkuma, Curcuma
Spanish: cúrcuma, curcuma
Italian: curcuma, turmerico
Dutch: kurkuma, geelwortel
Portuguese: curcuma
Polish: kurkuma, kurkumy
Swedish: gurkmeja
Danish: gurkemeje
Norwegian: gurkemeie
Finnish: kurkuma, maustekurkuma
Czech: kurkuma
Hungarian: kurkuma
Romanian: curcumă, curcuma
Croatian: kurkuma, curcuma domestica
Turkish: zerdeçal

Which foods contain turmeric?

Open Food Facts lists turmeric or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 34,819 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Ready meals5,698
Dressings and sauces3,810
Pasta, rice and flour1,525
Biscuits and cakes973
Sweets830
Savoury snacks811

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 14,728 · France 8,732 · Germany 2,959 · United Kingdom 2,677.

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

How many calories are in turmeric?

Turmeric has about 291 kcal per 100 g, with 9.7 g protein, 44 g carbohydrate and 3.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Turmeric, powder” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

291kcal per 100 g

9.7g protein

44g carbohydrate

3.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3.2 g, saturated fat 1.8 g, fibre 23 g, salt 0.07 g, energy 1,220 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11089 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is turmeric?

Turmeric is a kind of spice.

Kinds of turmericTurmeric powder

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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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