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Elderberry extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Elderberry extract is a kind of elderberry. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 599 products, most often in sweets.

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Does elderberry extract contain an allergen?

Elderberry extract 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 elderberry extract vegan?

Yes. Elderberry extract 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 elderberry extract have on a label?

On European labels it is “extrait de baie de sureau” in French, “Holunderbeerenextrakt” in German and “extracto de saúco” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
extrait de baie de sureau, extrait de sureau
German
Holunderbeerenextrakt, Holunderbeerextrakt
Spanish
extracto de saúco
Italian
estratto di sambuco
Polish
ekstrakt z czarnego bzu, ekstrakt czarnego bzu
Swedish
fläderbär extract
Finnish
seljanmarjauute
Croatian
ekstrakt bazge

Which foods contain elderberry extract?

Open Food Facts lists elderberry extract or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 599 products, most often sweets, sweetened drinks and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Sweets303
  • Sweetened drinks34
  • Biscuits and cakes22
  • Dairy desserts17
  • Drinks with sweeteners12
  • Unsweetened drinks11

Products with it, by country of sale: France 253 · Germany 125 · United States 91 · United Kingdom 75.

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

What kind of ingredient is elderberry extract?

Elderberry extract is a kind of elderberry.

Kinds of elderberry extractNatural elderberry extract

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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: Elderberry 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

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