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Thai basil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Thai basil is a kind of basil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 227 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does Thai basil contain an allergen?

Thai basil 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 Thai basil vegan?

Yes. Thai basil 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 Thai basil have on a label?

On European labels it is “basilic thaï” in French, “Thai Basilikum” in German and “basilico tailandese” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
basilic thaï, basilic thai
German
Thai Basilikum
Italian
basilico tailandese
Polish
bazylia tajska
Croatian
tajlandski bosiljak

Which foods contain Thai basil?

Open Food Facts lists Thai basil in the ingredients of 227 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals83
  • Dressings and sauces36
  • Pasta, rice and flour12
  • Poultry5
  • Savoury snacks4
  • Meat3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 96 · United States 73 · United Kingdom 36 · Germany 13.

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

What kind of ingredient is Thai basil?

Thai basil is a kind of basil.

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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: Thai basil
  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: Thai basil

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