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Ingredient dictionary

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

Turnip 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 1,418 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 26 kcal and 0.8 g protein.

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

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Does turnip contain an allergen?

Turnip 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 vegan?

Yes. Turnip 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 have on a label?

In English turnip can also read “turnips”. On European labels it is “navet” in French, “Rübe” in German and “naba” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishturnips

French: navet, navets
German: Rübe, Mairüben
Spanish: naba, nabo
Italian: rape, capa
Dutch: meiraap, knolraap
Portuguese: nabo, nabos
Polish: rzepa biała
Swedish: Majrova
Danish: Majroe
Norwegian: Vanlig nepe
Finnish: Nauris, peltokaali
Czech: vodnice
Hungarian: tarlórépa
Romanian: Nap
Croatian: repa
Turkish: Şalgam

Which foods contain turnip?

Open Food Facts lists turnip or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,418 products, most often ready meals, soups and vegetables. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Belgium.

Ready meals467
Soups188
Vegetables186
Savoury snacks63
Baby foods41
Dressings and sauces36

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,088 · United States 136 · Belgium 60 · Spain 50.

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

How many calories are in turnip?

Turnip has about 26 kcal per 100 g, with 0.8 g protein, 4.7 g carbohydrate and 0.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Turnip, peeled, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

26kcal per 100 g

0.8g protein

4.7g carbohydrate

0.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3.8 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.9 g, salt 0.11 g, energy 110 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20064. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is turnip?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, turnip sits under brassica Rapa L. and taproot vegetable.

Kinds of turnipUnprepared frozen turnipFrozen unprepared turnip green and turnip

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