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Elderflower extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Elderflower extract is a kind of elderflower. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 208 products, most often in sweetened drinks.
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Does elderflower extract contain an allergen?
Elderflower 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 elderflower extract vegan?
Yes. Elderflower extract is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does elderflower extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “Extraits de fleurs de sureau” in French, “Holunderblütenextrakt” in German and “extracto de flor del sauco” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- French
- Extraits de fleurs de sureau
- German
- Holunderblütenextrakt
- Spanish
- extracto de flor del sauco, extracto de flor de sauco
- Italian
- Estratto di sanbuco
- Polish
- ekstrakt z kwiatu czarnego bzu, ekstrakt z kwiatu bzu czarnego
- Swedish
- fläderblomsextrakt, extrakt av blommor från fläderbusken
- Finnish
- seljankukkauute
- Croatian
- ekstrakt cvijeta bazge
Which foods contain elderflower extract?
Open Food Facts lists elderflower extract in the ingredients of 208 products, most often sweetened drinks, sweets and drinks with sweeteners. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 78 · France 48 · United Kingdom 30 · Switzerland 25.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where elderflower extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is elderflower extract?
Elderflower extract is a kind of elderflower.
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- Open Food Facts: Elderflower extract
- 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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