Ingredient dictionary
Black garlic on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Black garlic is a kind of garlic. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 114 products, most often in dressings and sauces.
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Does black garlic contain an allergen?
Black garlic 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 black garlic vegan?
Yes. Black garlic is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does black garlic have on a label?
On European labels it is “Ail noir” in French, “schwarzer Knoblauch” in German and “ajo negro” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- Ail noir
- German
- schwarzer Knoblauch
- Spanish
- ajo negro
- Italian
- aglio nero
- Dutch
- zwarte knoflook
- Polish
- Czarny czosnek
- Croatian
- crni češnjak
Which foods contain black garlic?
Open Food Facts lists black garlic in the ingredients of 114 products, most often dressings and sauces, vegetables and cheese. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 48 · France 27 · United Kingdom 16 · Spain 10.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where black garlic turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is black garlic?
Black garlic is a kind of garlic.
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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: Black garlic
- 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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