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Hops on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Hops are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 7,154 products, most often in alcoholic drinks.

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Do hops contain an allergen?

Hops are 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.

Are hops vegan?

Yes. Hops are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do hops have on a label?

In English hops can also read “hop”. On European labels they are “houblon” in French, “Hopfen” in German and “lúpulo” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishhop
French
houblon
German
Hopfen
Spanish
lúpulo, lupulo
Italian
luppolo
Dutch
hop
Portuguese
lúpolo
Polish
chmiel, chmielu
Swedish
humle
Danish
humle
Norwegian
humle
Finnish
humala
Czech
chmel
Hungarian
komló, komlo
Romanian
hamei
Croatian
hmelj, hmelja

Which foods contain hops?

Open Food Facts lists hops or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 7,154 products, most often alcoholic drinks, unsweetened drinks and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

  • Alcoholic drinks4,713
  • Unsweetened drinks549
  • Sweetened drinks544
  • Dressings and sauces45
  • Ready meals35
  • Fish and seafood26

Products with it, by country of sale: France 3,047 · Germany 1,437 · Netherlands 585 · United States 364.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where hops turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are hops?

Kinds of hopsHop extractHops flavourHop oilNatural hopProcessed hopsHop preparationOrganic hops

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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: Hops
  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. Wikipedia: Hops

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