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Ingredient dictionary

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

Cherry is a kind of prunus species fruit. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 11,209 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 56 kcal and 0.8 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does cherry contain an allergen?

Cherry 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 cherry vegan?

Yes. Cherry 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 cherry have on a label?

In English cherry can also read “cherries”. On European labels it is “cerise” in French, “Kirsch” in German and “cereza” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishcherries

French: cerise, cerises
German: Kirsch, Kirsche
Spanish: cereza, cerezas
Italian: ciliegie, ciliegia
Dutch: kers, kersen
Portuguese: cereja
Swedish: körsbär
Danish: kirsebær
Norwegian: kirsebær
Finnish: kirsikka
Czech: třešně
Hungarian: cseresznye
Romanian: cireașă
Croatian: trešnja, trešnje
Turkish: kiraz

Which foods contain cherry?

Open Food Facts lists cherry or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 11,209 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Sweets2,168
Biscuits and cakes1,070
Milk and yoghurt838
Sweetened drinks564
Fruit557
Unsweetened drinks511

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5,026 · France 2,787 · Germany 1,514 · United Kingdom 566.

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

How many calories are in cherry?

Cherry has about 56 kcal per 100 g, with 0.8 g protein, 13 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Cherry, pitted, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

56kcal per 100 g

0.8g protein

13g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 10 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.6 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 235 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13008. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is cherry?

Cherry is a kind of prunus species fruit.

Kinds of cherrySour cherry Black cherry Cherry purée Sweet cherryCherry stemWild cherryPitted cherryCherry pasteWhite cherryOrganic cherry

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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.

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