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Turnip rape on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Turnip rape is a kind of brassica Rapa L.. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 395 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does turnip rape contain an allergen?

Turnip rape 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 turnip rape vegan?

Yes. Turnip rape 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 turnip rape have on a label?

In English turnip rape can also read “field mustard”. On European labels it is “navette” in French, “Rübsamen” in German and “kapusta właściwa olejowa” in Polish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishfield mustard
French
navette
German
Rübsamen, Ölrübsen
Polish
kapusta właściwa olejowa
Swedish
rybs, ryps
Danish
rybs
Norwegian
rybs
Finnish
rypsi
Hungarian
réparepce
Croatian
repa-silovanje

Which foods contain turnip rape?

Open Food Facts lists turnip rape in the ingredients of 395 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and ready meals. Most of them are sold in Belgium, Finland and France.

  • Biscuits and cakes72
  • Sweets57
  • Ready meals34
  • Bread33
  • Plant-based drinks14
  • Fats and spreads9

Products with it, by country of sale: Belgium 187 · Finland 165 · France 135 · Luxembourg 10.

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

What kind of ingredient is turnip rape?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, turnip rape sits under brassica Rapa L. and 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: Turnip rape
  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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