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Aloe vera on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Aloe vera is a kind of vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,122 products, most often in sweetened drinks.

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Does aloe vera contain an allergen?

Aloe vera 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 aloe vera vegan?

Yes. Aloe vera 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 aloe vera have on a label?

On European labels it is “Echte Aloe” in German, “babosa” in Portuguese and “Aloes zwyczajny” in Polish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

German
Echte Aloe
Portuguese
babosa
Polish
Aloes zwyczajny, aloes
Swedish
äkta aloe
Danish
læge-aloe
Finnish
lääkeaaloe
Czech
aloe pravá
Hungarian
Orvosi aloé
Turkish
Tıbbi sarısabır

Which foods contain aloe vera?

Open Food Facts lists aloe vera or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,122 products, most often sweetened drinks, unsweetened drinks and drinks with sweeteners. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Spain.

  • Sweetened drinks343
  • Unsweetened drinks83
  • Drinks with sweeteners35
  • Milk and yoghurt13
  • Sweets7
  • Plant-based drinks4

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 589 · France 229 · Spain 47 · Germany 34.

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

What kind of ingredient is aloe vera?

Aloe vera is a kind of vegetable.

Kinds of aloe veraAloe vera juice

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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: Aloe vera
  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: Aloe vera

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