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

Elderberry is one of the berries. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,088 products, most often in sweets.

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Does elderberry contain an allergen?

Elderberry 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 vegan?

Yes. Elderberry 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 have on a label?

In English elderberry can also read “elderberries”. On European labels it is “baie de sureau” in French, “Holunderbeer” in German and “bayas del sauco” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishelderberries
French
baie de sureau, baies de sureau
German
Holunderbeer, Holunderbeere
Spanish
bayas del sauco
Dutch
vlierbes
Polish
owoc czarnego bzu, owoce czarnego bzu
Swedish
fläderbär
Danish
hyldebær
Finnish
seljanmarja
Czech
bezinka, bezinky
Croatian
bazga, bazge

Which foods contain elderberry?

Open Food Facts lists elderberry or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 4,088 products, most often sweets, sweetened drinks and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Sweets808
  • Sweetened drinks391
  • Milk and yoghurt342
  • Biscuits and cakes314
  • Unsweetened drinks271
  • Ice cream183

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,423 · United States 1,083 · Germany 696 · United Kingdom 264.

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

What kind of ingredient is elderberry?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, elderberry sits under berries and elder.

Kinds of elderberryElderberry extractElderberry syrupRaw elderberry

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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
  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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