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

Safflower is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,095 products, most often in sweets.

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Does safflower contain an allergen?

Safflower 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 safflower vegan?

Yes. Safflower 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 safflower have on a label?

In English safflower can also read “carthamus”. On European labels it is “carthame” in French, “Safflor” in German and “Cártamo” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishcarthamus
French
carthame
German
Safflor, Färberdistel
Spanish
Cártamo
Italian
cartamo
Dutch
saffloer
Portuguese
Cártamo
Polish
Kartamus, krokosz
Swedish
Safflor, färgtistel
Norwegian
Safrantistel
Finnish
saflori, värisaflori
Czech
Saflor, světlice barvířská
Hungarian
Sáfrányos szeklice
Croatian
šafranika
Turkish
Aspir

Which foods contain safflower?

Open Food Facts lists safflower or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 7,095 products, most often sweets, ice cream and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Sweets2,061
  • Ice cream442
  • Sweetened drinks334
  • Savoury snacks308
  • Biscuits and cakes302
  • Milk and yoghurt211

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,448 · United States 1,590 · Germany 1,266 · United Kingdom 650.

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

What kind of ingredient is safflower?

Kinds of safflowerSafflower concentrateSafflower flower

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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: Safflower
  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: Safflower

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