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Welsh onion on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Welsh onion is a kind of onion-family vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 429 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does welsh onion contain an allergen?

Welsh onion 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 welsh onion vegan?

Yes. Welsh onion 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 welsh onion have on a label?

In English welsh onion can also read “bunching onion”, “long green onion” or “Korean leek”. On European labels it is “ciboule” in French, “Winterzwiebel” in German and “cebolleta” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishbunching onionlong green onionKorean leek
French
ciboule
German
Winterzwiebel
Spanish
cebolleta
Italian
cipolla d'inverno
Dutch
stengelui
Portuguese
cebolleta
Polish
czosnek dęty
Swedish
piplök, walesisk lök
Danish
koreansk porre, koreanske porrer
Norwegian
koreansk purre
Finnish
Pillisipuli
Czech
cibule zimní
Romanian
ceapă de tuns
Croatian
zimski luk
Turkish
Kış soğanı

Which foods contain welsh onion?

Open Food Facts lists welsh onion in the ingredients of 429 products, most often ready meals, pasta, rice and flour and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and Slovenia.

  • Ready meals150
  • Pasta, rice and flour66
  • Savoury snacks53
  • Dressings and sauces13
  • Cheese10
  • Poultry7

Products with it, by country of sale: France 296 · Spain 38 · Slovenia 33 · Japan 24.

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

What kind of ingredient is welsh onion?

Welsh onion is a kind of onion-family 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: Welsh onion
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Allium fistulosum

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