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

Lemongrass 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 3,514 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.

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Does lemongrass contain an allergen?

Lemongrass 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 lemongrass vegan?

Yes. Lemongrass 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 lemongrass have on a label?

In English lemongrass can also read “lemon grass”. On European labels it is “citronnelle” in French, “Zitronengras” in German and “hierba limón” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.

In Englishlemon grass
French
citronnelle, citronelle
German
Zitronengras
Spanish
hierba limón, hierbalimón
Italian
citronella
Dutch
citroengras, Sereh
Portuguese
erva-principe
Polish
trawa cytrynowa, trawy cytrynowej
Swedish
citrongräs, citrongras
Danish
citrongræs
Norwegian
sitrongress
Finnish
Sitruunaruoho
Romanian
iarbă de lămâie
Croatian
limunska trava

Which foods contain lemongrass?

Open Food Facts lists lemongrass or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,514 products, most often unsweetened drinks, dressings and sauces and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Unsweetened drinks693
  • Dressings and sauces565
  • Ready meals554
  • Sweetened drinks134
  • Pasta, rice and flour117
  • Poultry47

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,038 · United States 958 · Germany 568 · United Kingdom 363.

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

What kind of ingredient is lemongrass?

Lemongrass is a kind of herb.

Kinds of lemongrassLemongrass stalkRaw lemongrass

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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: Lemongrass
  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. Wikipedia: Cymbopogon

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