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

Spirulina is a kind of algae. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 6,388 products, most often in sweets.

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Does spirulina contain an allergen?

Spirulina 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 vegan?

Yes. Spirulina 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 spirulina have on a label?

On European labels it is “spiruline” in French, “spirulíny” in Polish and “spirulinaa” in Finnish. One more language is listed below.

French
spiruline, spiruline crue
Polish
spirulíny, spiruliny
Finnish
spirulinaa, spirulina-levä
Romanian
Spirulia

Which foods contain spirulina?

Open Food Facts lists spirulina or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,388 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Sweets2,300
  • Biscuits and cakes359
  • Unsweetened drinks285
  • Ice cream274
  • Chocolate100
  • Sweetened drinks71

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,044 · United States 1,652 · Germany 1,016 · United Kingdom 688.

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

What kind of ingredient is spirulina?

Spirulina is a kind of algae.

Kinds of spirulinaSpirulina concentrateSpirulina powderDehydrated spirulina

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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: Spirulina
  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: Spirulina (dietary supplement)

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