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

Carrot extract is a kind of carrot. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,590 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does carrot extract contain an allergen?

Carrot 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 carrot extract vegan?

Yes. Carrot 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 carrot extract have on a label?

On European labels it is “extrait de carotte” in French, “Karottenextrakt” in German and “extracto de zanahorias” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
extrait de carotte
German
Karottenextrakt
Spanish
extracto de zanahorias
Italian
estratto di carota, estratto di carote
Dutch
wortelextract, kleurend wortelextract
Portuguese
extrato de cenoura, extrato de cenouras
Swedish
morotsextrakt
Danish
gulerodsekstrakt
Finnish
porkkanauute
Croatian
ekstrakt mrkve

Which foods contain carrot extract?

Open Food Facts lists carrot extract or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,590 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Ready meals216
  • Processed meat127
  • Biscuits and cakes109
  • Sweets80
  • Pastries71
  • Dressings and sauces63

Products with it, by country of sale: France 784 · Germany 197 · United States 190 · United Kingdom 176.

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

What kind of ingredient is carrot extract?

Carrot extract is a kind of carrot.

Kinds of carrot extractBlack carrot extractColouring carrot 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: Carrot 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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