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Leek

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Leek in plain language

What it is

Also known as Allergenic extract- leek allium porrum · Ae-leeks · Allium adscendens root · Allium albescens root · Allium ampeloprasum root · Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii root

Show all 33 names

Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum root · Allium ascendens root · Allium babingtonii root · Allium bertolonii root · Allium byzantinum root · Allium duriaeanum root · Allium durieuanum root · Allium gasparrinii root · Allium halleri root · Allium holmense root · Allium kurrat root · Allium laetum root · Allium lineare root · Allium porraceum root · Allium porrum root · Allium pylium root · Allium scopulicola root · Allium spectabile root · Allium syriacum root · Allium thessalum root · Food - plant source, leek allium porrum · Leek allergenic extract · Leeks, (bulb and lower leaf-portion), raw · Porrum amethystinum root · Porrum ampeloprasum root · Porrum commune root · Porrum sativum root

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Leek yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance structurallydiverse.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Leek appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Leek yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Leek; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Leek in the catalog.