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

Fresh yeast is a kind of baker's yeast. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 429 products, most often in bread.

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Does fresh yeast contain an allergen?

Fresh yeast 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 yeast vegan?

Yes. Fresh yeast 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 yeast have on a label?

On European labels it is “levure fraîche” in French, “Frischhefe” in German and “levadura fresca” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
levure fraîche, levure de boulanger fraîche
German
Frischhefe
Spanish
levadura fresca
Italian
lievito fresco
Dutch
verse gist
Finnish
tuorehiiva

Which foods contain fresh yeast?

Open Food Facts lists fresh yeast in the ingredients of 429 products, most often bread, pizzas, pies and quiches and pastries. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Bolivia.

  • Bread171
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches71
  • Pastries50
  • Biscuits and cakes22
  • Sandwiches10
  • Savoury snacks10

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 209 · France 104 · Bolivia 37 · Canada 19.

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

What kind of ingredient is fresh yeast?

Fresh yeast is a kind of baker's yeast.

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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 yeast
  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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