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Ingredient dictionary

Nutritional yeast on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Nutritional yeast is a kind of yeast. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,026 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 334 kcal and 40 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does nutritional yeast contain an allergen?

Nutritional yeast 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 nutritional yeast vegan?

Yes. Nutritional yeast 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 nutritional yeast have on a label?

On European labels it is “levure alimentaire” in French, “nährhefe” in German and “lievito alimentare” in Italian. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French: levure alimentaire
German: nährhefe
Italian: lievito alimentare
Dutch: edelgist
Polish: drożdże odżywcze
Swedish: näringsjäst, bjäst
Finnish: ravintohiiva
Croatian: hranjivi kvasac

Which foods contain nutritional yeast?

Open Food Facts lists nutritional yeast or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,026 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and cheese. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Japan.

Dressings and sauces77
Ready meals74
Cheese56
Savoury snacks31
Biscuits and cakes27
Salty and fatty foods26

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 576 · France 86 · Japan 86 · United Kingdom 71.

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

How many calories are in nutritional yeast?

Nutritional yeast has about 334 kcal per 100 g, with 40 g protein, 22 g carbohydrate and 4.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Nutritional yeast” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

334kcal per 100 g

40g protein

22g carbohydrate

4.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.5 g, saturated fat 0.7 g, fibre 23 g, salt 0.35 g, energy 1,400 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11009. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is nutritional yeast?

Nutritional yeast is a kind of yeast.

Kinds of nutritional yeastNutritional yeast flake

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