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Liquorice extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Liquorice extract is a kind of liquorice. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,045 products, most often in sweets.
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Does liquorice extract contain an allergen?
Liquorice extract 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 liquorice extract vegan?
Yes. Liquorice extract is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does liquorice extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “extrait de réglisse” in French, “Lakritz extrakt” in German and “extracto de regaliz” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.
- French
- extrait de réglisse
- German
- Lakritz extrakt, Süßholzextrakt
- Spanish
- extracto de regaliz
- Italian
- estratto di liquirizia
- Dutch
- Zoethoutextract
- Portuguese
- extrato de alcaçuz, extracto de alcaçuz
- Swedish
- lakritsextrakt, lakritsexstrakt
- Danish
- lakridsekstrakt
- Norwegian
- lakrisekstrakt
- Finnish
- lakritsiuute, lakritsiuutetta
- Croatian
- ekstrakt sladića
Which foods contain liquorice extract?
Open Food Facts lists liquorice extract in the ingredients of 1,045 products, most often sweets, chocolate and alcoholic drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 402 · United States 220 · Germany 114 · Finland 96.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where liquorice extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is liquorice extract?
Liquorice extract is a kind of liquorice.
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- Open Food Facts: Liquorice 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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