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

Some kinds of extract carry an allergen (gluten). Open Food Facts finds it in 35,873 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does extract contain an allergen?

It depends on the kind. Some kinds of extract carry an allergen: malt extract and dried malt extract contain gluten. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.

Is extract vegan?

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads upSome kinds contain gluten, for example malt extract.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does extract have on a label?

On European labels it is “extrait” in French, “Extrakt” in German and “Extracto” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
extrait
German
Extrakt
Spanish
Extracto
Italian
estratto
Dutch
extracten
Portuguese
extrato, extracto
Polish
ekstrakt, ekstrakty
Finnish
uute, uutetta
Hungarian
kivonat
Croatian
ekstrakt

Which foods contain extract?

Open Food Facts lists extract or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 35,873 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and chocolate. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes6,017
  • Sweets3,470
  • Chocolate2,807
  • Sweetened drinks1,855
  • Ice cream1,661
  • Milk and yoghurt983

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 14,292 · France 9,994 · Germany 4,588 · United Kingdom 1,623.

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

What kind of ingredient is extract?

Kinds of extractVegetable extractFruit extractNatural extractConcentrated extractWort extract

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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.

  1. Open Food Facts: 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
  4. Wikipedia: Extract

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