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Acerola on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Acerola is a kind of fruit. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,618 products, most often in bread.

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Does acerola contain an allergen?

Acerola is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is acerola vegan?

Yes. Acerola is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does acerola have on a label?

In English acerola can also read “acerola cherry”, “acerola cherries” or “west indian cherry”. On European labels it is “cerise des Antilles” in French, “Acerolakirschen” in German and “cerecita” in Spanish. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishacerola cherryacerola cherrieswest indian cherrywest indian cherriesBarbados cherryBarbados cherries
French
cerise des Antilles, cerises des Antilles
German
Acerolakirschen, Acerola Kirsch
Spanish
cerecita, manzanita
Polish
aceroli
Finnish
akerola
Croatian
acerole

Which foods contain acerola?

Open Food Facts lists acerola or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,618 products, most often bread, unsweetened drinks and fruit. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Bread688
  • Unsweetened drinks394
  • Fruit203
  • Processed meat199
  • Sandwiches195
  • Pastries183

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,033 · United States 530 · Germany 440 · Switzerland 268.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where acerola turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is acerola?

Acerola is a kind of fruit.

Kinds of acerolaAcerola powder

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Acerola
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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