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Mushroom extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Mushroom extract is a kind of mushroom. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 688 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does mushroom extract contain an allergen?

Mushroom extract 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 mushroom extract vegan?

Yes. Mushroom extract 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 mushroom extract have on a label?

On European labels it is “extrait de champignon” in French, “Pilzextrakt” in German and “extracto de champiñón” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
extrait de champignon, extrait de champignons
German
Pilzextrakt
Spanish
extracto de champiñón
Italian
estratto di funghi, estratti di funghi
Dutch
champignonextract, paddestoelenextract
Polish
ekstrakt grzybowy, ekstrakt z grzybów
Swedish
svampextrakt, champinjonextrakt
Finnish
sieniuute, herkkusieniuute
Czech
houbový extrakt
Croatian
ekstrakt gljive

Which foods contain mushroom extract?

Open Food Facts lists mushroom extract or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 688 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals173
  • Dressings and sauces69
  • Pasta, rice and flour38
  • Sandwiches14
  • Vegetables11
  • Drinks with sweeteners11

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 319 · France 127 · United Kingdom 83 · Netherlands 40.

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

What kind of ingredient is mushroom extract?

Mushroom extract is a kind of mushroom.

Kinds of mushroom extractShiitake extract

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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: Mushroom extract
  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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