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Lemon balm on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Lemon balm 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 838 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.
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Does lemon balm contain an allergen?
Lemon balm 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 lemon balm vegan?
Yes. Lemon balm is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does lemon balm have on a label?
On European labels it is “mélisse” in French, “Zitronenmelisse” in German and “Toronjil” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- mélisse
- German
- Zitronenmelisse, Melisse
- Spanish
- Toronjil, melisa
- Italian
- melissa
- Dutch
- citroenmelisse, melisse
- Portuguese
- Erva-cidreira
- Polish
- melisa, melisa lekarska
- Swedish
- Citronmeliss
- Danish
- Citron-Melisse
- Norwegian
- Sitronmelisse
- Finnish
- Sitruunamelissa
- Czech
- meduňka lékařská
- Hungarian
- citromfű
- Romanian
- Roiniță
- Croatian
- matičnjak, matičnjaka
Which foods contain lemon balm?
Open Food Facts lists lemon balm or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 838 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 315 · United States 146 · Germany 145 · Switzerland 59.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where lemon balm turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is lemon balm?
Lemon balm is a kind of herb.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Lemon balm
- 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
- Wikipedia: Lemon balm
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