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Lovage leaves on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Lovage leaves are a kind of lovage. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 184 products, most often in ready meals.

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Do lovage leaves contain an allergen?

Lovage leaves are 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.

Are lovage leaves vegan?

Yes. Lovage leaves are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do lovage leaves have on a label?

On European labels they are “feuilles de livèche” in French, “Liebstöckel Blätter” in German and “foglie di levistico” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
feuilles de livèche
German
Liebstöckel Blätter, Liebstöckelblätter
Italian
foglie di levistico
Polish
liście lubczyku, lubczyk liść
Finnish
liperin lehdet
Croatian
ljupčac list

Which foods contain lovage leaves?

Open Food Facts lists lovage leaves in the ingredients of 184 products, most often ready meals, soups and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in Germany, France and Switzerland.

  • Ready meals42
  • Soups9
  • Dressings and sauces7
  • Vegetables5
  • Pasta, rice and flour3
  • Unsweetened drinks3

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 91 · France 81 · Switzerland 11 · Netherlands 9.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where lovage leaves turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are lovage leaves?

Lovage leaves are a kind of lovage.

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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: Lovage leaves
  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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