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Autolyzed yeast extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Autolyzed yeast extract is a kind of yeast extract. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,274 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does autolyzed yeast extract contain an allergen?

Autolyzed yeast 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 autolyzed yeast extract vegan?

Yes. Autolyzed yeast extract 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 autolyzed yeast extract have on a label?

In English autolyzed yeast extract can also read “autolysed yeast extract”. On European labels it is “extrait de levure autolysée” in French, “autolysierter Hefeextrakt” in German and “extracto de levadura autolizada” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishautolysed yeast extract
French
extrait de levure autolysée
German
autolysierter Hefeextrakt
Spanish
extracto de levadura autolizada, extracto autolizado de levadura
Italian
Estratto di lievito autolizzato
Croatian
autolizirani ekstrakt kvasca

Which foods contain autolyzed yeast extract?

Open Food Facts lists autolyzed yeast extract in the ingredients of 4,274 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, Canada and France.

  • Ready meals716
  • Dressings and sauces390
  • Savoury snacks150
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches120
  • Pasta, rice and flour114
  • Biscuits and cakes103

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 4,095 · Canada 117 · France 41 · Germany 13.

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

What kind of ingredient is autolyzed yeast extract?

Autolyzed yeast extract is a kind of yeast extract.

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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: Autolyzed yeast extract
  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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