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

Rooibos are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 722 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.

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Do rooibos contain an allergen?

Rooibos 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 rooibos vegan?

Yes. Rooibos are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do rooibos have on a label?

On European labels they are “Rotbusch” in German, “kapinroibospensas” in Finnish and “Vörös fokföldirekettye” in Hungarian. One more language is listed below.

German
Rotbusch
Finnish
kapinroibospensas, kapinroibos
Hungarian
Vörös fokföldirekettye
Croatian
afričkog crvenog grma, aspalanthus linearis

Which foods contain rooibos?

Open Food Facts lists rooibos or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 722 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and drinks with sweeteners. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Unsweetened drinks469
  • Sweetened drinks71
  • Drinks with sweeteners11
  • Sweets4
  • Biscuits and cakes3
  • Pasta, rice and flour1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 319 · Germany 129 · United States 106 · Netherlands 59.

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

What kind of ingredient are rooibos?

Kinds of rooibosOrganic rooibos

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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: Rooibos
  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: Rooibos

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