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Ingredient dictionary

White cabbage on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

White cabbage is a kind of cabbage. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,459 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 37 kcal and 1.4 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does white cabbage contain an allergen?

White cabbage 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 white cabbage vegan?

Yes. White cabbage 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 white cabbage have on a label?

On European labels it is “chou blanc” in French, “Weißkohl” in German and “col blanca” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French: chou blanc
German: Weißkohl, Weisskohl
Spanish: col blanca
Italian: cavolo bianco, cavolo cappuccio
Dutch: witte kool, wittekool
Portuguese: repolho
Polish: kapusta biała, biała kapusta
Swedish: vitkål
Danish: hvidkål
Norwegian: hvitkål
Finnish: valkokaali, kupukaali
Czech: hlávkové zelí, zelí
Hungarian: fejes káposzta
Romanian: varză albă
Croatian: bijeli kupus

Which foods contain white cabbage?

Open Food Facts lists white cabbage or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,459 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

Ready meals1,059
Vegetables291
Pasta, rice and flour92
Savoury snacks89
Sandwiches65
Dressings and sauces46

Products with it, by country of sale: France 813 · Germany 734 · Netherlands 226 · Belgium 156.

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

How many calories are in white cabbage?

White cabbage has about 37 kcal per 100 g, with 1.4 g protein, 4.6 g carbohydrate and 0.6 g fat. The figures are for the entry “White cabbage, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

37kcal per 100 g

1.4g protein

4.6g carbohydrate

0.6g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 4.2 g, saturated fat 0.3 g, fibre 3.5 g, salt 0.03 g, energy 153 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20116. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is white cabbage?

White cabbage is a kind of cabbage.

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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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