Ingredient dictionary
Marjoram on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Marjoram is a kind of herb. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,259 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does marjoram contain an allergen?
Marjoram 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 marjoram vegan?
Yes. Marjoram is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does marjoram have on a label?
On European labels it is “marjolaine” in French, “Majoran” in German and “mejorana” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.
- French
- marjolaine
- German
- Majoran
- Spanish
- mejorana
- Italian
- maggiorana
- Dutch
- marjolein, majoraan
- Portuguese
- manjerona
- Polish
- majeranek, majeranku
- Swedish
- mejram
- Danish
- merian
- Norwegian
- merian
- Finnish
- meirami
- Czech
- majoránka
- Hungarian
- majoránna
- Romanian
- maghiran
- Croatian
- majoran, origanum majorana
- Turkish
- mercanköşk
Which foods contain marjoram?
Open Food Facts lists marjoram or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,259 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,043 · United States 663 · Germany 637 · United Kingdom 263.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where marjoram turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is marjoram?
Marjoram is a kind of herb.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Marjoram
- 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
- Wikipedia: Marjoram
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