Я наконец нашел способ обойти это
var data = ["Los Angeles", "San Diego", "San Jose", "San Francisco", "Fresno", "Sacramento"];
var cities = data.map(function(x) { return { city: x }; });
$('#input-tags').selectize({
delimiter: ',',
persist: false,
maxItems: 5,
plugins: ['remove_button'],
valueField: 'city',
labelField: 'city',
searchField: 'city',
options: cities,
create:true,
render: {
option: function(item, escape) {
return '<div>' +
'<span class="name">' + escape(item.city) + '</span>' +
'</div>';
}
}
});