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

Verbena is a kind of herb. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 650 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.

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Does verbena contain an allergen?

Verbena 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 verbena vegan?

Yes. Verbena 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 verbena have on a label?

In English verbena can also read “vervain”. On European labels it is “verveine” in French, “Eisenkraut” in German and “ijzerhard” in Dutch. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishvervain
French
verveine, verveine odorante
German
Eisenkraut
Dutch
ijzerhard
Polish
Werbena, werbeny
Danish
Læge-Jernurt
Finnish
rohtorautayrtti, rohtoverbena
Czech
sporýš lékařský
Hungarian
Közönséges vasfű
Croatian
vrbena

Which foods contain verbena?

Open Food Facts lists verbena or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 650 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.

  • Unsweetened drinks430
  • Sweetened drinks68
  • Sweets9
  • Biscuits and cakes7
  • Alcoholic drinks5
  • Drinks with sweeteners4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 411 · Germany 85 · United States 61 · Switzerland 54.

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

What kind of ingredient is verbena?

Verbena is a kind of herb.

Kinds of verbenaLemon verbenaOrganic verbena

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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: Verbena
  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: Verbena officinalis

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