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Ingredient dictionary

Essential oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Essential oil is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,292 products, most often in sweets.

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

Does essential oil contain an allergen?

Essential oil 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.

What other names does essential oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “huile essentielle” in French, “Ätherisches Öl” in German and “aceite esencial” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: huile essentielle
German: Ätherisches Öl, Ätherische Öle
Spanish: aceite esencial
Italian: olio essenziale, oli essenziali
Dutch: etherische olie
Portuguese: óleo essencial
Polish: Olejek eteryczny
Swedish: Eterisk olja
Danish: Æterisk olie
Norwegian: eteriske oljer
Finnish: Eteerinen öljy
Czech: Czech
Hungarian: illóolaj, illóolajok
Romanian: Ulei esențial
Croatian: eterična ulja
Turkish: Organik hidrosol

Which foods contain essential oil?

Open Food Facts lists essential oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,292 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and chocolate. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Sweets560
Biscuits and cakes452
Chocolate209
Unsweetened drinks149
Dressings and sauces108
Ready meals101

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,365 · France 865 · United Kingdom 392 · Germany 316.

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

What kind of ingredient is essential oil?

Kinds of essential oilOrange essential oilLime oilEucalyptus oilAniseed oilThyme oil

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Sources

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.

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