Ingredient dictionary
Citrus fruit extract on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Citrus fruit extract is a kind of citrus fruit. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,920 products, most often in sweetened drinks.
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Does citrus fruit extract contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link citrus fruit extract to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is citrus fruit extract vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of citrus fruit extract are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.
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What other names does citrus fruit extract have on a label?
On European labels it is “Extrait d'agrumes” in French, “Citrusextrakt” in German and “estratto di agrumi” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- Extrait d'agrumes
- German
- Citrusextrakt
- Italian
- estratto di agrumi, estratti di agrumi
- Finnish
- sitrushedelmäuute
- Croatian
- ekstrakt citrusnog voća
Which foods contain citrus fruit extract?
Open Food Facts lists citrus fruit extract or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,920 products, most often sweetened drinks, biscuits and cakes and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,237 · United States 679 · Germany 596 · Italy 183.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where citrus fruit extract turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is citrus fruit extract?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, citrus fruit extract sits under citrus fruit and fruit extract.
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- Open Food Facts: Citrus fruit extract
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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