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Black tea extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Black tea extract is a kind of black tea. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 843 products, most often in sweetened drinks.

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Does black tea extract contain an allergen?

Black tea 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 black tea extract vegan?

Yes. Black tea 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 black tea extract have on a label?

On European labels it is “extrait de thé noir” in French, “Schwarztee-Extrakt” in German and “extracto de té negro” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
extrait de thé noir
German
Schwarztee-Extrakt
Spanish
extracto de té negro
Italian
estratto di tè nero
Dutch
zwarte thee extract
Polish
ekstrakt czarnej herbaty
Finnish
musta tee -uute
Croatian
ekstrakt crnog čaja

Which foods contain black tea extract?

Open Food Facts lists black tea extract in the ingredients of 843 products, most often sweetened drinks, drinks with sweeteners and tea and coffee. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Sweetened drinks535
  • Drinks with sweeteners64
  • Tea and coffee51
  • Unsweetened drinks14
  • Savoury snacks6
  • Sweets5

Products with it, by country of sale: France 336 · Germany 178 · United States 155 · Switzerland 74.

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

What kind of ingredient is black tea extract?

Black tea extract is a kind of black tea.

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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: Black tea 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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