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Soapwort extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Soapwort extract is a kind of soapwort. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 62 products, most often in sweets.

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Does soapwort extract contain an allergen?

Soapwort 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 soapwort extract vegan?

Yes. Soapwort extract 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 soapwort extract have on a label?

In English soapwort extract can also read “Saponaria extract”. On European labels it is “Extrait de saponaire” in French, “Seifenkrautextrakt” in German and “Estratto di Saponaria” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In EnglishSaponaria extract
French
Extrait de saponaire
German
Seifenkrautextrakt
Italian
Estratto di Saponaria
Polish
ekstrakt z mydlnicy lekarskiej, ekstrakt z korzenia mydlnicy
Finnish
suopayrttiuute
Croatian
ekstrakt sapunice

Which foods contain soapwort extract?

Open Food Facts lists soapwort extract in the ingredients of 62 products, most often sweets and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Sweets46
  • Biscuits and cakes1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 30 · Germany 14 · United States 8 · Greece 6.

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

What kind of ingredient is soapwort extract?

Soapwort extract is a kind of soapwort.

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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: Soapwort extract
  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

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