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Sea lettuce on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Sea lettuce is a kind of seaweed. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 247 products, most often in fish and seafood.

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Does sea lettuce contain an allergen?

Sea lettuce 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 sea lettuce vegan?

Yes. Sea lettuce 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 sea lettuce have on a label?

In English sea lettuce can also read “green laver”.

In Englishgreen laver

Which foods contain sea lettuce?

Open Food Facts lists sea lettuce or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 247 products, most often fish and seafood, ready meals and oily fish. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the Netherlands.

  • Fish and seafood66
  • Ready meals23
  • Oily fish12
  • Dressings and sauces10
  • Pasta, rice and flour9
  • Salty and fatty foods9

Products with it, by country of sale: France 207 · United States 23 · Netherlands 8 · Germany 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is sea lettuce?

Sea lettuce is a kind of seaweed.

Kinds of sea lettuceBroadleaf sea lettuce

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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: Sea lettuce
  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: Sea lettuce

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