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

Citron is a kind of citrus fruit. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 188 products, most often in sweets.

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Does citron contain an allergen?

Citron 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 citron vegan?

Yes. Citron 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 citron have on a label?

On European labels it is “cédrat” in French, “Zitronatzitrone” in German and “cedro” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
cédrat
German
Zitronatzitrone
Italian
cedro
Swedish
suckatcitron, cedrat
Danish
cedrat
Norwegian
sukatsitron

Which foods contain citron?

Open Food Facts lists citron or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 188 products, most often sweets, pastries and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Italy.

  • Sweets28
  • Pastries21
  • Unsweetened drinks17
  • Biscuits and cakes15
  • Sweetened drinks13
  • Milk and yoghurt3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 58 · United States 29 · Italy 21 · Canada 12.

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

What kind of ingredient is citron?

Citron is a kind of citrus fruit.

Kinds of citronCitron extract

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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: Citron
  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: Citron

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