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Kaffir lime leaf on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Kaffir lime leaf is a kind of kaffir lime. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 354 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does kaffir lime leaf contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link kaffir lime leaf to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is kaffir lime leaf vegan?

Yes. Kaffir lime 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 kaffir lime leaf have on a label?

In English kaffir lime leaf can also read “kaffir lime leaves”. On European labels it is “feuilles de combava” in French, “Kaffirlimettenblatt” in German and “foglia di lime kaffir” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishkaffir lime leaves
French
feuilles de combava, feuilles de lime kaffir
German
Kaffirlimettenblatt, Kaffirlimettenblätter
Italian
foglia di lime kaffir
Polish
liście kaffiru, liście limonki kaffir
Finnish
kaffirlimetinlehti, kaffirlimenlehti
Croatian
list kafirske limete

Which foods contain kaffir lime leaf?

Open Food Facts lists kaffir lime leaf in the ingredients of 354 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals90
  • Dressings and sauces69
  • Pasta, rice and flour33
  • Soups6
  • Poultry4
  • Vegetables4

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 108 · France 89 · United Kingdom 55 · Germany 52.

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

What kind of ingredient is kaffir lime leaf?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, kaffir lime leaf sits under kaffir lime and spice.

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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: Kaffir lime 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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