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Ingredient dictionary

Butternut squash on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Butternut squash 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 1,369 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 23 kcal and 0.6 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does butternut squash contain an allergen?

Butternut squash 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 butternut squash vegan?

Yes. Butternut squash 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 butternut squash have on a label?

In English butternut squash can also read “butternut”. On European labels it is “courge butternut” in French, “Butternusskürbis” in German and “calabaza moscada” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishbutternut

French: courge butternut, courge musquée
German: Butternusskürbis, Butternutkürbis
Spanish: calabaza moscada
Italian: zucca butternut, zucca trombetta
Dutch: butternutpompoen, butternut-pompoen
Polish: dynia piżmowa
Swedish: butternutpumpa
Norwegian: moskusgresskar
Finnish: myskikurpitsa
Hungarian: pézsmatök
Croatian: butternut tikva
Turkish: bal kabağı

Which foods contain butternut squash?

Open Food Facts lists butternut squash in the ingredients of 1,369 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Ready meals321
Vegetables129
Pasta, rice and flour73
Soups73
Fruit and vegetables57
Dressings and sauces46

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 686 · France 405 · United Kingdom 194 · Belgium 22.

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

How many calories are in butternut squash?

Butternut squash has about 23 kcal per 100 g, with 0.6 g protein, 4.6 g carbohydrate and 0.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Pumpkin (cucurbita moschata), pulp, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

23kcal per 100 g

0.6g protein

4.6g carbohydrate

0.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.9 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1 g, salt 0.03 g, energy 98 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20128. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is butternut squash?

Butternut squash is a kind of fruit vegetable.

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