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Chlorella on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Chlorella is a kind of algae. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 559 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.

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Does chlorella contain an allergen?

Chlorella 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 chlorella vegan?

Yes. Chlorella 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 chlorella have on a label?

In English chlorella can also read “chlorella algae”. On European labels it is “chlorelle” in French, “chlorelli” in Polish and “Klorella” in Finnish. One more language is listed below.

In Englishchlorella algae
French
chlorelle
Polish
chlorelli
Finnish
Klorella
Croatian
klorela alge

Which foods contain chlorella?

Open Food Facts lists chlorella in the ingredients of 559 products, most often unsweetened drinks, ready meals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Unsweetened drinks76
  • Ready meals39
  • Biscuits and cakes9
  • Sweetened drinks7
  • Pasta, rice and flour6
  • Drinks with sweeteners5

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 336 · France 86 · United Kingdom 23 · Germany 20.

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

What kind of ingredient is chlorella?

Chlorella is a kind of algae.

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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: Chlorella
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Chlorella

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