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Lime leaf on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Lime leaf is a kind of aromatic leaf. 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 281 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does lime leaf contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link lime leaf to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is lime leaf vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of lime leaf are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does lime leaf have on a label?

In English lime leaf can also read “lime leaves”. On European labels it is “feuille de lime” in French, “Limettenblatt” in German and “foglia di lime” in Italian. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishlime leaves
French
feuille de lime, feuille de citron vert
German
Limettenblatt, Limettenblätter
Italian
foglia di lime
Dutch
limoenblaadjes, limoenblad
Swedish
limeblad
Danish
limeblad
Finnish
limetinlehti, limenlehti
Croatian
list lipe

Which foods contain lime leaf?

Open Food Facts lists lime leaf in the ingredients of 281 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, France and the United States.

  • Ready meals117
  • Dressings and sauces43
  • Pasta, rice and flour17
  • Poultry6
  • Savoury snacks3
  • Fish and seafood3

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 156 · France 50 · United States 26 · Germany 21.

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

What kind of ingredient is lime leaf?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, lime leaf sits under aromatic leaf and spice.

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Sources

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: Lime leaf
  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

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