Ingredient dictionary
Ginger extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Ginger extract is a kind of ginger. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 837 products, most often in sweetened drinks.
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Does ginger extract contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link ginger extract to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is ginger extract vegan?
Yes. Ginger extract is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does ginger extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “extrait de gingembre” in French, “estratto di zenzero” in Italian and “ekstrakt z imbiru” in Polish. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- extrait de gingembre, l'extrait de gingembre
- Italian
- estratto di zenzero
- Polish
- ekstrakt z imbiru, ekstrakt imbiru
- Swedish
- ingefärsextrakt
- Croatian
- ekstrakt đumbira
Which foods contain ginger extract?
Open Food Facts lists ginger extract in the ingredients of 837 products, most often sweetened drinks, drinks with sweeteners and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 390 · France 174 · United Kingdom 169 · Switzerland 19.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where ginger extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is ginger extract?
Ginger extract is a kind of ginger.
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- Open Food Facts: Ginger extract
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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