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Fenugreek leaf on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Fenugreek leaf is a kind of fenugreek. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 424 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does fenugreek leaf contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link fenugreek leaf to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is fenugreek leaf vegan?

Yes. Fenugreek leaf 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 fenugreek leaf have on a label?

In English fenugreek leaf can also read “fenugreek leaves”. On European labels it is “feuille de fenugrec” in French, “Bockshornkleeblatt” in German and “hoja de fenegreco” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

In Englishfenugreek leaves
French
feuille de fenugrec
German
Bockshornkleeblatt, Bockshornkleeblätter
Spanish
hoja de fenegreco
Italian
foglie di trigonella
Dutch
fenegriekblad
Finnish
sarviapilan lehdet
Croatian
list piskavice

Which foods contain fenugreek leaf?

Open Food Facts lists fenugreek leaf or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 424 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

  • Dressings and sauces101
  • Ready meals98
  • Savoury snacks9
  • Poultry5
  • Beans and pulses3
  • Bread3

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 193 · United States 129 · France 50 · Germany 24.

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

What kind of ingredient is fenugreek leaf?

Fenugreek leaf is a kind of fenugreek.

Kinds of fenugreek leafDried fenugreek leaf

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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: Fenugreek leaf
  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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