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Yerba mate extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Yerba mate extract is a kind of mate. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 115 products, most often in sweetened drinks.

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Does yerba mate extract contain an allergen?

Yerba mate extract 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 yerba mate extract vegan?

Yes. Yerba mate extract 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 yerba mate extract have on a label?

On European labels it is “extracto de yerba mate” in Spanish, “estratto di yerba mate” in Italian and “ekstrakt z mate” in Polish. One more language is listed below.

Spanish
extracto de yerba mate
Italian
estratto di yerba mate
Polish
ekstrakt z mate, ekstrakt z liści mate
Croatian
yerba mate ekstrakt

Which foods contain yerba mate extract?

Open Food Facts lists yerba mate extract in the ingredients of 115 products, most often sweetened drinks, drinks with sweeteners and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, Poland and Ireland.

  • Sweetened drinks50
  • Drinks with sweeteners15
  • Unsweetened drinks5
  • Fats and spreads3
  • Sweets1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 86 · Poland 7 · Ireland 5 · France 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is yerba mate extract?

Yerba mate extract is a kind of mate.

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  1. Open Food Facts: Yerba mate extract
  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

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