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Water chestnut on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Water chestnut 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 888 products, most often in vegetables.

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Does water chestnut contain an allergen?

Water chestnut 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 water chestnut vegan?

Yes. Water chestnut 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 water chestnut have on a label?

In English water chestnut can also read “water chestnuts”. On European labels it is “châtaigne d'eau” in French, “Wasserkastanien” in German and “castaña de agua” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishwater chestnuts
French
châtaigne d'eau, châtaignes d'eau
German
Wasserkastanien
Spanish
castaña de agua
Italian
castagne d'acqua
Dutch
waterkastanje, waterkastanjes
Polish
Ponikło słodkie
Swedish
vattenkastanj, vattenkastanjer
Danish
vandkastanje, vandkastanjer
Finnish
Vesikastanja
Czech
Bahnička jedlá
Croatian
vodeni kesten

Which foods contain water chestnut?

Open Food Facts lists water chestnut in the ingredients of 888 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Vegetables183
  • Ready meals153
  • Dressings and sauces78
  • Savoury snacks39
  • Pasta, rice and flour30
  • Meat12

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 472 · France 192 · United Kingdom 109 · Germany 27.

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

What kind of ingredient is water chestnut?

Water chestnut 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: Water chestnut
  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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