diff --git a/changelog/81_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md b/changelog/81_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
index 41ed0019..739d2aed 100644
--- a/changelog/81_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
+++ b/changelog/81_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 - External barcode lookup plugin optimizations:
   - When an image URL without a file extension is returned, the file extension is now determined by the Content-Type header (if any) (thanks @jordy-u for the idea)
   - Data URLs for images are now supported (`data:image/png;base64,xxxx`) (thanks @GammaC0de)
-- Fixed that German Umlauts were removed from product names when looking up a barcode via the built-in Open Food Facts external barcode lookup plugin
+- Fixed that German Umlauts and other special characters were removed from product names when looking up a barcode via the built-in Open Food Facts external barcode lookup plugin
 - Fixed that when using/scanning a barcode on the purchase page with a note attached (which prefills the note field) and when manually selecting another product afterwards, the note of the previously used barcode was incorrectly prefilled again
 - Fixed that the "next input focus handling" (jumping to the next input after entering a value) didn't work at some places (e.g. after entering a purchased date on the purchase page)
 
diff --git a/plugins/OpenFoodFactsBarcodeLookupPlugin.php b/plugins/OpenFoodFactsBarcodeLookupPlugin.php
index 6225d3e7..749490d5 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenFoodFactsBarcodeLookupPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/OpenFoodFactsBarcodeLookupPlugin.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class OpenFoodFactsBarcodeLookupPlugin extends BaseBarcodeLookupPlugin
 
 		// Guzzle throws exceptions for connection errors, so nothing to do on that here
 
-		$data = json_decode($response->getBody());
+		$data = json_decode(mb_convert_encoding($response->getBody(), 'UTF-8', 'UTF-8'));
 		if ($statusCode == 404 || $data->status != 1)
 		{
 			// Nothing found for the given barcode
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ class OpenFoodFactsBarcodeLookupPlugin extends BaseBarcodeLookupPlugin
 				$name = $data->product->$productNameFieldLocalized;
 			}
 
-			// Remove non-ASCII characters in product name (whyever a product name should have them at all)
-			$name = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9äöüÄÖÜß ]/', '', $name);
-
 			return [
 				'name' => $name,
 				'location_id' => $locationId,