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Fresh basil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Fresh basil is a kind of basil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 407 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 35 kcal and 3.4 g protein.

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Does fresh basil contain an allergen?

Fresh basil 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 fresh basil vegan?

Yes. Fresh basil 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 fresh basil have on a label?

On European labels it is “Basilic frais” in French, “basilico fresco” in Italian and “svježi bosiljak” in Croatian.

French
Basilic frais
Italian
basilico fresco
Croatian
svježi bosiljak

Which foods contain fresh basil?

Open Food Facts lists fresh basil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 407 products, most often dressings and sauces, pizzas, pies and quiches and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Dressings and sauces244
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches13
  • Ready meals12
  • Vegetables10
  • Pasta, rice and flour6
  • Fats and spreads5

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 333 · France 43 · United Kingdom 5 · Germany 5.

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

How many calories are in fresh basil?

Fresh basil has about 35 kcal per 100 g, with 3.4 g protein, 2.6 g carbohydrate and 0.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Basil, fresh” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

35kcal per 100 g
3.4g protein
2.6g carbohydrate
0.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.4 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 3.5 g, salt 0.03 g, energy 145 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11033. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is fresh basil?

Fresh basil is a kind of basil.

Kinds of fresh basilFresh basil 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: Fresh basil
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0

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