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Nettle leaf

Urtica urens, UrticaAlso called Urticae folium, urtica, nettle and nettles

Nettle leaf is an ingredient. Cooks treat it as a vegetable.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Vegetables
Family
Urticaceae
Cooked most in
Asia, Europe
Top country
Russia
Nettle leaf, whole

Photo: Danny Steven S · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Around the world

Where nettle leaf is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use nettle leaf. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list nettle leaf among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with nettle leaf

1 of the 3 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Nettle soup

    Türkiye

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include nettle leaf.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: nettle leaf in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What nettle leaf is called

Names in 7 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Italian

    foglia di ortica

  • German

    Brennesselblätter · Brennesseltee

  • Russian

    листья крапивы

  • Catalan

    fulla d'ortiga

  • Latin

    Urticae folium

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    nesleblader · nesleskudd

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  • Slovenian

    list koprive · urticae folium

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q96347634

Photos

Photo: Danny Steven S · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons