Ingredient dictionary
Cornflower on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Cornflower is a kind of herb. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 331 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.
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Does cornflower contain an allergen?
Cornflower 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 cornflower vegan?
Yes. Cornflower is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does cornflower have on a label?
On European labels it is “bleuet des champs” in French, “Kornblume” in German and “aciano” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- bleuet des champs
- German
- Kornblume, Kornblumen
- Spanish
- aciano
- Italian
- fiordaliso
- Dutch
- korenbloem
- Polish
- chaber bławatek
- Swedish
- blåklint
- Danish
- kornblomst
- Norwegian
- kornblom
- Finnish
- Ruiskaunokki
- Czech
- chrpa polní
- Hungarian
- Búzavirág
- Romanian
- Albăstrea
- Croatian
- različak
- Turkish
- Mavi kantaron
Which foods contain cornflower?
Open Food Facts lists cornflower in the ingredients of 331 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Canada and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 194 · Canada 67 · Germany 31 · Switzerland 15.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where cornflower turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is cornflower?
Cornflower is a kind of herb.
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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: Cornflower
- 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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