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Ingredient dictionary

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

Clove is a kind of spice. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 9,390 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 335 kcal and 6 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does clove contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link clove to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is clove vegan?

Yes. Clove 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 clove have on a label?

On European labels it is “girofle” in French, “Nelke” in German and “clavos de olor” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: girofle, clou de girofle
German: Nelke, Nelken
Spanish: clavos de olor, clavo
Italian: chiodo di garofano, chiodi di garofano
Dutch: kruidnagel, kruidnagels
Portuguese: cravo-da-índia
Polish: goździki, goździk
Swedish: kryddnejlika, nejlika
Danish: kryddernellike, nellike
Norwegian: kryddernellik
Finnish: mausteneilikka, neilikka
Czech: hřebíček
Hungarian: szegfűszeg
Romanian: cuișoare, cuisoare
Croatian: klinčić, klinčići
Turkish: karanfil

Which foods contain clove?

Open Food Facts lists clove or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 9,390 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Dressings and sauces1,090
Ready meals980
Biscuits and cakes677
Processed meat619
Unsweetened drinks480
Pasta, rice and flour258

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,858 · United States 2,386 · United Kingdom 1,655 · Germany 896.

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

How many calories are in clove?

Clove has about 335 kcal per 100 g, with 6 g protein, 32 g carbohydrate and 13 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Cloves” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

335kcal per 100 g

6g protein

32g carbohydrate

13g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.4 g, saturated fat 4 g, fibre 34 g, salt 0.69 g, energy 1,390 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11052. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is clove?

Clove is a kind of spice.

Kinds of cloveClove oilGround clove

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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.

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