Ingredient dictionary
Laurel extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Laurel extract is a kind of vegetable extract. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 57 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does laurel extract contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link laurel 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 laurel extract vegan?
Yes. Laurel extract is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does laurel extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “extrait de laurier” in French, “Lorbeerextrakt” in German and “estratto di alloro” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- extrait de laurier
- German
- Lorbeerextrakt
- Italian
- estratto di alloro
- Portuguese
- extrato de louro, extracto de louro
- Danish
- laurbærekstrakt
- Croatian
- ekstrakt lovora
Which foods contain laurel extract?
Open Food Facts lists laurel extract in the ingredients of 57 products, most often ready meals, pizzas, pies and quiches and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 27 · United Kingdom 10 · Belgium 7 · United States 5.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where laurel extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is laurel extract?
Laurel extract is a kind of vegetable extract.
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- Open Food Facts: Laurel 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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