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Basil extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Basil extract is a kind of basil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 243 products, most often in dressings and sauces.
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Does basil extract contain an allergen?
Basil 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 basil extract vegan?
Yes. Basil extract is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does basil extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “extrait de basilic” in French, “Basilikumextrakt” in German and “extracto de albahaca” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.
- French
- extrait de basilic
- German
- Basilikumextrakt
- Spanish
- extracto de albahaca
- Italian
- Estratto di basilico
- Dutch
- basilicumextract
- Portuguese
- extrato de manjericão, extracto de manjericão
- Polish
- ekstrakt z bazylii, wyciąg z bazylii
- Finnish
- basilikauute
- Croatian
- ekstrakt bosiljka
Which foods contain basil extract?
Open Food Facts lists basil extract in the ingredients of 243 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 95 · United Kingdom 61 · United States 34 · Germany 30.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where basil extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is basil extract?
Basil extract is a kind of basil.
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- Open Food Facts: Basil 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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