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

Liquorice is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,474 products, most often in sweets.

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Does liquorice contain an allergen?

Liquorice 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 vegan?

Yes. Liquorice 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 liquorice have on a label?

In English liquorice can also read “licorice”. On European labels it is “réglisse” in French, “Lakritz” in German and “regaliz” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishlicorice
French
réglisse, Infusions de Réglisse
German
Lakritz, Sussholz
Spanish
regaliz
Italian
liquirizia
Dutch
zoethout
Portuguese
alcaçuz
Polish
Lukrecja, lukrecji
Swedish
lakrits
Danish
lakrids, Glat Lakrids
Norwegian
lakrisplante
Finnish
lakritsi, lakritsikasvi
Czech
lékořice lysá
Hungarian
Igazi édesgyökér
Romanian
Lemn dulce
Croatian
slatki korijen
Turkish
Meyan

Which foods contain liquorice?

Open Food Facts lists liquorice or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,474 products, most often sweets, unsweetened drinks and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Sweets1,198
  • Unsweetened drinks876
  • Sweetened drinks125
  • Alcoholic drinks60
  • Dressings and sauces45
  • Savoury snacks28

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,176 · United States 660 · Germany 501 · Netherlands 465.

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

What kind of ingredient is liquorice?

Kinds of liquoriceLiquorice rootLiquorice extractLiquorice powderLiquorice pasteOrganic liquorice

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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: Liquorice
  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: Liquorice

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