Pumpkins: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in pumpkins?

Of 121 packs of pumpkins whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 5% list tree nuts, 2% list egg, 2% list milk and 2% list gluten. Another 2% carry a “may contain” line for celery and 2% for gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

What are pumpkins usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of pumpkins list, with the share of packs that list each: butternut squash (52%), pumpkin (40%) and salt (11%).

• Butternut squash52%
• Pumpkin40%
• Salt11%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 137 · United States 45 · Spain 24 · Germany 17.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for pumpkins.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are pumpkins?

In the Open Food Facts categories, pumpkins are a kind of squash.

What else are pumpkins called?

French

Courges, Potirons

German

Kürbisse

Spanish

Calabazas

Dutch

Pompoenen

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
3. Open Food Facts: Pumpkins

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