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Yeast extract powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Yeast extract powder is a kind of yeast extract. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,035 products, most often in savoury snacks.
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Does yeast extract powder contain an allergen?
Yeast extract 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 yeast extract powder vegan?
Yes. Yeast extract powder is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does yeast extract powder have on a label?
On European labels it is “extrait de levure en poudre” in French, “Hefeextraktpulver” in German and “extracto de levadura en polvo” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- extrait de levure en poudre
- German
- Hefeextraktpulver
- Spanish
- extracto de levadura en polvo
- Italian
- estratto di lievito in polvere
- Dutch
- gistextractpoeder
- Finnish
- Hiivauutejauhe
- Croatian
- ekstrakt kvasca u prahu
Which foods contain yeast extract powder?
Open Food Facts lists yeast extract powder in the ingredients of 1,035 products, most often savoury snacks, ready meals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, France and the United States.
Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 586 · France 141 · United States 114 · Ireland 59.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where yeast extract powder turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is yeast extract powder?
Yeast extract powder is a kind of yeast extract.
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- Open Food Facts: Yeast extract 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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