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Cape gooseberry on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Cape gooseberry is one of the berries. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 245 products, most often in dried fruit.

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Does cape gooseberry contain an allergen?

Cape gooseberry 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 cape gooseberry vegan?

Yes. Cape gooseberry 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 cape gooseberry have on a label?

In English cape gooseberry can also read “Cape gooseberries”, “goldenberry” or “goldenberries”. On European labels it is “uchuva” in Spanish, “uva spina del Capo” in Italian and “Miechunka peruwiańska” in Polish. One more language is listed below.

In EnglishCape gooseberriesgoldenberrygoldenberriesgolden berrygolden berriesPeruvian groundcherrygroundcherriespoha
Spanish
uchuva, aguaymanto
Italian
uva spina del Capo
Polish
Miechunka peruwiańska, rodzynek brazylijski
Croatian
rt ogrozd

Which foods contain cape gooseberry?

Open Food Facts lists cape gooseberry in the ingredients of 245 products, most often dried fruit, fruit and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Dried fruit59
  • Fruit28
  • Sweets16
  • Biscuits and cakes12
  • Breakfast cereals9
  • Unsweetened drinks8

Products with it, by country of sale: France 106 · United States 55 · Germany 51 · Switzerland 23.

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

What kind of ingredient is cape gooseberry?

Cape gooseberry is one of the berries.

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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: Cape gooseberry
  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. Wikipedia: Physalis peruviana

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