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Ingredient dictionary

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

Vegetable is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 410,456 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

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Does vegetable contain an allergen?

Vegetable 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 vegetable vegan?

Yes. Vegetable 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 vegetable have on a label?

In English vegetable can also read “vegetables”. On European labels it is “légume” in French, “Gemüse” in German and “verduras” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishvegetables

French: légume, légumes
German: Gemüse
Spanish: verduras, hortaliza
Italian: vegetale, ortaggi
Dutch: Groente, groenten
Portuguese: vegetal
Polish: Warzywo, warzywa
Swedish: grönsak, grönsaker
Danish: grøntsag, grøntsager
Norwegian: grønnsak, grønnsaker
Finnish: vihannes, kasvis
Czech: Zelenina
Hungarian: zöldség, zöldségek
Romanian: Legume
Croatian: povrće, povrća
Turkish: Sebze

Which foods contain vegetable?

Open Food Facts lists vegetable or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 410,456 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Dressings and sauces40,524
Ready meals39,492
Vegetables23,593
Biscuits and cakes16,907
Savoury snacks13,934
Processed meat11,572

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 160,983 · France 111,335 · Germany 41,738 · United Kingdom 24,782.

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

What kind of ingredient is vegetable?

Kinds of vegetableRoot vegetable Onion-family vegetable Fruit vegetable Leaf vegetable Stalk vegetablePod and seed vegetableBrassica Shoot vegetable Vegetable juice Salad Cauliflower Vegetable blend Broad bean Vegetable concentrate Aloe vera Dried vegetables

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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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