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Algae concentrate on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Algae concentrate is a kind of algae. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 60 products, most often in sweets.

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Does algae concentrate contain an allergen?

Algae concentrate 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 algae concentrate vegan?

Yes. Algae concentrate 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 algae concentrate have on a label?

On European labels it is “concentré d'algues” in French, “Algenkonzentrat” in German and “concentrado de algas” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
concentré d'algues
German
Algenkonzentrat
Spanish
concentrado de algas
Italian
concentrato di alghe
Dutch
algenconcentraat
Finnish
levätiiviste
Croatian
koncentrat algi

Which foods contain algae concentrate?

Open Food Facts lists algae concentrate in the ingredients of 60 products, most often sweets, ice cream and chocolate. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Spain.

  • Sweets12
  • Ice cream10
  • Chocolate4
  • Milk and yoghurt4
  • Biscuits and cakes4
  • Dairy desserts2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 35 · Germany 11 · Spain 6 · Netherlands 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is algae concentrate?

Algae concentrate is a kind of algae.

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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: Algae concentrate
  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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