Ingredient dictionary
Beef extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Beef extract is a kind of beef. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,324 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does beef extract contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link beef extract to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is beef extract vegan?
No. Beef extract is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.
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What other names does beef extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “extrait de bœuf” in French, “Rindfleischextrakt” in German and “extracto de res” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- extrait de bœuf, extrait de boeuf
- German
- Rindfleischextrakt
- Spanish
- extracto de res
- Italian
- estratto di manzo
- Dutch
- rundvleesextrakt
- Finnish
- naudanlihauute, häränlihauute
- Hungarian
- marhahúskivont
Which foods contain beef extract?
Open Food Facts lists beef extract in the ingredients of 1,324 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and meat. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 589 · Germany 231 · United Kingdom 222 · France 204.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where beef extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is beef extract?
Beef extract is a kind of beef.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Beef 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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