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

Yellow onion is a kind of onion. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 907 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does yellow onion contain an allergen?

Yellow 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 yellow onion vegan?

Yes. Yellow 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 yellow onion have on a label?

On European labels it is “oignon jaune” in French, “gelbe Zwiebel” in German and “cipolla gialla” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
oignon jaune, oignons jaunes
German
gelbe Zwiebel, gelbe Zwiebeln
Italian
cipolla gialla
Dutch
Gele ui
Swedish
gul lök
Finnish
keltasipuli
Croatian
žuti luk

Which foods contain yellow onion?

Open Food Facts lists yellow onion in the ingredients of 907 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and fruit and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Sweden.

  • Dressings and sauces160
  • Ready meals153
  • Fruit and vegetables91
  • Vegetables68
  • Sandwiches30
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches20

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 711 · France 126 · Sweden 25 · Canada 11.

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

What kind of ingredient is yellow onion?

Yellow onion is a kind of onion.

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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: Yellow 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: Yellow onion

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