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Yeast powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Yeast powder is a kind of yeast. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 949 products, most often in savoury snacks.
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Does yeast powder contain an allergen?
Yeast 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 powder vegan?
Yes. Yeast powder is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does yeast powder have on a label?
In English yeast powder can also read “raising powder”. On European labels it is “poudre de levure” in French, “Hefepulver” in German and “levadura en polvo” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.
- French
- poudre de levure, levure en poudre
- German
- Hefepulver
- Spanish
- levadura en polvo
- Italian
- lievito in polvere
- Dutch
- gistpoeder
- Portuguese
- levedura em pó
- Polish
- Drożdże w proszku
- Swedish
- torrjäst, jästpulver
- Danish
- tørgær, tørret gær
- Finnish
- kuivahiiva, hiivajauhe
- Hungarian
- porélesztő, élesztőpor
- Croatian
- kvasac u prahu
Which foods contain yeast powder?
Open Food Facts lists yeast powder in the ingredients of 949 products, most often savoury snacks, potatoes and nuts. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 267 · United Kingdom 240 · Germany 85 · Netherlands 73.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where yeast powder turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is yeast powder?
Yeast powder is a kind of yeast.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Yeast 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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