Ingredient dictionary
Lemon extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Lemon extract is a kind of citrus fruit extract. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,885 products, most often in sweetened drinks.
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Does lemon extract contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link lemon 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 lemon extract vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of lemon extract are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does lemon extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “concentré de citron” in French, “Zitronenextrakt” in German and “extracto de limón” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- concentré de citron, extrait de citron
- German
- Zitronenextrakt
- Spanish
- extracto de limón
- Italian
- estratto di limone, concentrato di limone
- Swedish
- citronextrakt
- Finnish
- sitruunauute
Which foods contain lemon extract?
Open Food Facts lists lemon extract or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,885 products, most often sweetened drinks, biscuits and cakes and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 978 · United States 325 · Germany 265 · Italy 143.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where lemon extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is lemon extract?
Lemon extract is a kind of citrus fruit extract.
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- Open Food Facts: Lemon 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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