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

Lovage root is a kind of lovage. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 488 products, most often in soups.

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Does lovage root contain an allergen?

Lovage root 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 lovage root vegan?

Yes. Lovage root 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 lovage root have on a label?

On European labels it is “racine de livèche” in French, “liebstöckelwurzel” in German and “radice di levistico” in Italian. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
racine de livèche
German
liebstöckelwurzel
Italian
radice di levistico
Dutch
lavaswortel
Polish
korzeń lubczyku, korzeń lubczyka
Swedish
libbstickarot
Danish
løvstikkerod
Finnish
lipstikanjuuri
Croatian
ljupčac korijen

Which foods contain lovage root?

Open Food Facts lists lovage root in the ingredients of 488 products, most often soups, ready meals and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the Netherlands, France and Germany.

  • Soups59
  • Ready meals54
  • Savoury snacks34
  • Dressings and sauces16
  • Fish and seafood9
  • Pasta, rice and flour9

Products with it, by country of sale: Netherlands 165 · France 146 · Germany 113 · Belgium 44.

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

What kind of ingredient is lovage root?

Lovage root is 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 root
  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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