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Crab extract on a food label: it contains crustaceans

Crab extract is a kind of crab. It contains crustaceans, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 249 products, most often in ready meals.

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Crab extract=crustaceans

Does crab extract contain an allergen?

Yes. Crab extract contains crustaceans: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
CrustaceansRequiredAs “crustacean shellfish”RequiredRequired

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Is crab extract vegan?

No. Crab extract is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.
VegetarianNot for youIt comes from fish or shellfish.
Shellfish allergyNot for youIt contains crustaceans.

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What other names does crab extract have on a label?

On European labels it is “extrait de crabe” in French, “Krabbenaroma” in German and “extracto de cangrejo” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
extrait de crabe
German
Krabbenaroma
Spanish
extracto de cangrejo
Italian
estratto di granchio
Swedish
krabbextrakt
Croatian
ekstrakt rakova

Which foods contain crab extract?

Open Food Facts lists crab extract in the ingredients of 249 products, most often ready meals, fish and seafood and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Spain.

  • Ready meals89
  • Fish and seafood75
  • Pasta, rice and flour5
  • Dressings and sauces5
  • Salty and fatty foods3
  • Cheese2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 148 · France 49 · Spain 10 · Sweden 6.

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

What kind of ingredient is crab extract?

Crab extract is a kind of crab.

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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: Crab 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
  4. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  5. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  6. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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