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

Meadowsweet is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 95 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.

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Does meadowsweet contain an allergen?

Meadowsweet 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 meadowsweet vegan?

Yes. Meadowsweet 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 meadowsweet have on a label?

On European labels it is “reine des prés” in French, “Echtes Mädesüß” in German and “olmaria” in Italian. The other 10 languages are listed below.

French
reine des prés
German
Echtes Mädesüß
Italian
olmaria
Dutch
Moerasspirea
Polish
Wiązówka błotna
Swedish
Älggräs
Danish
Almindelig Mjødurt
Norwegian
Mjødurt
Finnish
Mesiangervo
Czech
tužebník jilmový
Hungarian
Réti legyezőfű
Romanian
Crețușcă
Croatian
končara

Which foods contain meadowsweet?

Open Food Facts lists meadowsweet in the ingredients of 95 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, Senegal and the United States.

  • Unsweetened drinks55
  • Sweetened drinks4
  • Sweets1
  • Biscuits and cakes1
  • Cheese1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 89 · Senegal 1 · United States 1 · Germany 1.

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

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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: Meadowsweet
  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: Filipendula ulmaria

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