Ingredient dictionary
Shiitake extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Shiitake extract is a kind of mushroom extract. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 100 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does shiitake extract contain an allergen?
Shiitake extract 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 shiitake extract vegan?
Yes. Shiitake extract is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does shiitake extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “estratto di Shiitake” in Italian.
- Italian
- estratto di Shiitake
Which foods contain shiitake extract?
Open Food Facts lists shiitake extract in the ingredients of 100 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 74 · United Kingdom 7 · France 7 · Germany 4.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where shiitake extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is shiitake extract?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, shiitake extract sits under mushroom extract and shiitake.
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- Open Food Facts: Shiitake extract
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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