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Spirulina powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Spirulina powder is a kind of spirulina. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 248 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.
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Does spirulina powder contain an allergen?
Spirulina powder 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 spirulina powder vegan?
Yes. Spirulina powder is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does spirulina powder have on a label?
On European labels it is “poudre de spiruline” in French, “Spirulina Pulver” in German and “Polvere di spirulina” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- poudre de spiruline
- German
- Spirulina Pulver
- Italian
- Polvere di spirulina
- Dutch
- spirulinapoeder
- Polish
- sproszkowana spirulina, spirulina w proszku
- Finnish
- spirulinajauhe, spirulina-jauhe
- Croatian
- spirulina u prahu
Which foods contain spirulina powder?
Open Food Facts lists spirulina powder in the ingredients of 248 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 129 · France 53 · United Kingdom 19 · Australia 10.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where spirulina powder turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is spirulina powder?
Spirulina powder is a kind of spirulina.
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- Open Food Facts: Spirulina powder
- 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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