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

Laver is a kind of seaweed. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 95 products, most often in fish and seafood. Per 100 g: about 255 kcal and 32 g protein.

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Does laver contain an allergen?

Laver 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 laver vegan?

Yes. Laver 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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Which foods contain laver?

Open Food Facts lists laver or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 95 products, most often fish and seafood, pasta, rice and flour and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Fish and seafood21
  • Pasta, rice and flour19
  • Ready meals7
  • Savoury snacks4
  • Biscuits and cakes2
  • Vegetables2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 48 · France 19 · United Kingdom 13 · Germany 7.

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

How many calories are in laver?

Laver has about 255 kcal per 100 g, with 32 g protein, 11 g carbohydrate and 1.6 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Laver (Porphyra sp.), dried or dehydrated” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

255kcal per 100 g
32g protein
11g carbohydrate
1.6g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3 g, saturated fat 0.3 g, fibre 36 g, salt 4.96 g, energy 1,060 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20987. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is laver?

Laver is a kind of seaweed.

Kinds of laverNori

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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: Laver
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0

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