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Plant extracts on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Plant extracts are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 291 products, most often in sweets.
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Do plant extracts contain an allergen?
Plant extracts are 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.
Are plant extracts vegan?
Yes. Plant extracts are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.
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What other names do plant extracts have on a label?
On European labels they are “extraits de plantes” in French, “Pflanzenextrakte” in German and “Extracto de plantas” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.
- French
- extraits de plantes, extraits de plantes aromatiques
- German
- Pflanzenextrakte
- Spanish
- Extracto de plantas
- Dutch
- plantextracten
- Polish
- ekstrakty roślinne, roślinne ekstrakty
- Danish
- planteekstrakt
- Norwegian
- planteekstrakt
- Finnish
- kasviuute, kasviuutteet
- Croatian
- biljni ekstrakti
Which foods contain plant extracts?
Open Food Facts lists plant extracts or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 291 products, most often sweets, milk and yoghurt and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia.
Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 141 · Ireland 29 · Australia 28 · Germany 26.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where plant extracts turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are plant extracts?
Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers
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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: Plant extracts
- 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
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