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

Green tea leaf is a kind of green tea. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 339 products, most often in sweetened drinks.

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Does green tea leaf contain an allergen?

Green tea leaf 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 green tea leaf vegan?

Yes. Green tea 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 green tea leaf have on a label?

In English green tea leaf can also read “green tea leaves”. On European labels it is “Feuilles de thé vert” in French, “Grüntee blätter” in German and “hojas de té verde” in Spanish. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishgreen tea leaves
French
Feuilles de thé vert
German
Grüntee blätter
Spanish
hojas de té verde
Italian
foglia di tè verde
Croatian
list zelenog čaja

Which foods contain green tea leaf?

Open Food Facts lists green tea leaf in the ingredients of 339 products, most often sweetened drinks, unsweetened drinks and drinks with sweeteners. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Sweetened drinks72
  • Unsweetened drinks72
  • Drinks with sweeteners52
  • Biscuits and cakes2
  • Soups1
  • Fruit and vegetables1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 213 · France 60 · United Kingdom 31 · Spain 12.

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

What kind of ingredient is green tea leaf?

Green tea leaf is a kind of green tea.

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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: Green tea 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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