Ingredient dictionary
Herb extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Herb extract is a kind of herb. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,541 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does herb extract contain an allergen?
Herb extract 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 herb extract vegan?
Yes. Herb extract is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does herb extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “extrait d'herbe” in French, “Kräuterextrakt” in German and “Extracto de hierbas” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.
- French
- extrait d'herbe
- German
- Kräuterextrakt, Kräuterextrakte
- Spanish
- Extracto de hierbas
- Italian
- Estratto d'erbe
- Dutch
- Kruidenextracten
- Portuguese
- Extrat de ervas
- Polish
- ekstrakty ziół, ekstrakt ziół
- Swedish
- örtextrakt, kryddextrakt
- Danish
- krydderiekstrakt, krydderiekstrakter
- Norwegian
- krydderekstrakt, krydderekstrakter
- Finnish
- yrttiuute
- Croatian
- ekstrakt bilja
Which foods contain herb extract?
Open Food Facts lists herb extract in the ingredients of 1,541 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in Sweden, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: Sweden 281 · France 237 · United Kingdom 223 · Germany 223.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where herb extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is herb extract?
Herb extract is a kind of herb.
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- Open Food Facts: Herb 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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