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

Rosemary is a kind of herb. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 9,074 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 121 kcal and 3.3 g protein.

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Does rosemary contain an allergen?

Rosemary 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 rosemary vegan?

Yes. Rosemary 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 rosemary have on a label?

On European labels it is “romarin” in French, “rosmarin” in German and “romero” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French
romarin
German
rosmarin
Spanish
romero
Italian
rosmarino
Dutch
rozemarijn
Portuguese
alecrim
Polish
rozmaryn, rozmarynu
Swedish
rosmarin
Danish
rosmarin
Norwegian
rosmarin
Finnish
rosmariini
Czech
rozmarýn
Hungarian
rozmaring
Romanian
rozmarin
Croatian
ružmarin, ružmarina
Turkish
biberiye

Which foods contain rosemary?

Open Food Facts lists rosemary or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 9,074 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Ready meals1,231
  • Dressings and sauces542
  • Savoury snacks422
  • Bread324
  • Processed meat288
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches248

Products with it, by country of sale: France 3,193 · United States 2,206 · Germany 1,079 · United Kingdom 704.

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

How many calories are in rosemary?

Rosemary has about 121 kcal per 100 g, with 3.3 g protein, 6.6 g carbohydrate and 5.9 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Rosemary, fresh” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

121kcal per 100 g
3.3g protein
6.6g carbohydrate
5.9g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.1 g, saturated fat 2.8 g, fibre 14 g, salt 0.07 g, energy 498 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11068 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is rosemary?

Rosemary is a kind of herb.

Kinds of rosemaryDried rosemaryFresh rosemaryRosemary sprig

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Sources

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: Rosemary
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. Wikipedia: rosemary

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