Ingredient dictionary
Algae extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Algae extract 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 529 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does algae extract contain an allergen?
Algae extract 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 extract vegan?
Yes. Algae extract is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does algae extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “extrait d'algues” in French, “Algenextrakt” in German and “extracto de alga” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- extrait d'algues
- German
- Algenextrakt
- Spanish
- extracto de alga, extracto de algas
- Italian
- estratto d'alghe, estratto d'alga
- Dutch
- algenextract
- Croatian
- ekstrakt algi
Which foods contain algae extract?
Open Food Facts lists algae extract or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 529 products, most often ready meals, dairy desserts and ice cream. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 347 · United States 101 · Germany 31 · Spain 14.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where algae extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is algae extract?
Algae extract is a kind of algae.
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- Open Food Facts: Algae extract
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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