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Ingredient dictionary

Dried basil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Dried basil is a kind of basil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 737 products, most often in pizzas, pies and quiches. Per 100 g: about 244 kcal and 23 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does dried basil contain an allergen?

Dried basil 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 dried basil vegan?

Yes. Dried basil 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 dried basil have on a label?

On European labels it is “basilic séché” in French, “getrocknetes Basilikum” in German and “albahaca seca” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French: basilic séché, basilic déshydraté
German: getrocknetes Basilikum
Spanish: albahaca seca
Italian: basilico essiccato
Dutch: gedroogde basilicum
Polish: bazylia suszona, suszona bazylia
Finnish: kuivattu basilika
Croatian: sušeni bosiljak

Which foods contain dried basil?

Open Food Facts lists dried basil in the ingredients of 737 products, most often pizzas, pies and quiches, dressings and sauces and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Pizzas, pies and quiches149
Dressings and sauces111
Ready meals48
Vegetables38
Pasta, rice and flour27
Cheese25

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 302 · France 223 · United Kingdom 118 · Belgium 27.

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

How many calories are in dried basil?

Dried basil has about 244 kcal per 100 g, with 23 g protein, 10 g carbohydrate and 4.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Basil, dried” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

244kcal per 100 g

23g protein

10g carbohydrate

4.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.7 g, saturated fat 2.2 g, fibre 38 g, salt 0.19 g, energy 1,010 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11032. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is dried basil?

Dried basil is a kind of basil.

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