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

Psyllium is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,161 products, most often in bread.

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Does psyllium contain an allergen?

Psyllium 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 psyllium vegan?

Yes. Psyllium 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 psyllium have on a label?

In English psyllium can also read “plantago”, “psyllium fibre” or “psyllium husk”. On European labels it is “fibres de psyllium” in French, “Flohsamenschalen” in German and “Psilio” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishplantagopsyllium fibrepsyllium huskpsyllium seed husk
French
fibres de psyllium, enveloppe de psyllium
German
Flohsamenschalen, Plantago Psyllium
Spanish
Psilio, plantago
Italian
fibra di psillio
Dutch
psylliumvezels, psylliumvezel
Polish
Babka, łuski płesznika
Swedish
psylliumfiber, psylliumfröskal
Danish
psyllium skræl, psyllium frøskaller
Finnish
psylliumkuitu, psylliuminsiemenkuori
Croatian
vlakna psylliuma

Which foods contain psyllium?

Open Food Facts lists psyllium or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,161 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Bread685
  • Biscuits and cakes146
  • Pasta, rice and flour143
  • Ready meals142
  • Pastries113
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches98

Products with it, by country of sale: France 890 · United States 757 · Germany 505 · United Kingdom 261.

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

What kind of ingredient is psyllium?

Kinds of psylliumBlond psylliumPsyllium seed

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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: Psyllium
  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: Psyllium

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