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

Avocado is a kind of fruit vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,183 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 205 kcal and 1.6 g protein.

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Does avocado contain an allergen?

Avocado 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 avocado vegan?

Yes. Avocado 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 avocado have on a label?

On European labels it is “avocat” in French, “aguacate” in Spanish and “abacate” in Portuguese. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French
avocat
Spanish
aguacate
Portuguese
abacate
Polish
awokado, smaczliwka
Swedish
avokado
Danish
avokado
Norwegian
avokado
Finnish
avokado
Czech
avokádo
Hungarian
avokádó
Croatian
avokado
Turkish
avokado

Which foods contain avocado?

Open Food Facts lists avocado or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,183 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and fruit. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Dressings and sauces770
  • Ready meals433
  • Fruit201
  • Sandwiches48
  • Savoury snacks41
  • Unsweetened drinks39

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,143 · France 418 · Germany 130 · United Kingdom 111.

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

How many calories are in avocado?

Avocado has about 205 kcal per 100 g, with 1.6 g protein, 0.8 g carbohydrate and 21 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Avocado, pulp, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

205kcal per 100 g
1.6g protein
0.8g carbohydrate
21g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.4 g, saturated fat 4.5 g, fibre 3.6 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 843 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13004. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is avocado?

Avocado is a kind of fruit vegetable.

Kinds of avocadoHass avocadoCalifornia avocadoFlorida avocado

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Sources

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: Avocado
  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
  4. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. Wikipedia: Avocado

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