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Ingredient dictionary

Citrus pectin on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Citrus pectin is a kind of fruit pectin. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 741 products, most often in sweets.

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

Does citrus pectin contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link citrus pectin to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

What other names does citrus pectin have on a label?

In English citrus pectin can also read “modified citrus pectin” or “citric pectin”. On European labels it is “pectine d'agrumes” in French, “zitruspektin” in German and “pectina de citricos” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishmodified citrus pectincitric pectin

French: pectine d'agrumes
German: zitruspektin, citrus-pektin
Spanish: pectina de citricos, pectina cítrica
Italian: pectina di agrumi
Dutch: citruspectine
Swedish: citruspektin
Finnish: sitruspektiini
Croatian: citrusni pektin

Which foods contain citrus pectin?

Open Food Facts lists citrus pectin or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 741 products, most often sweets, sweetened drinks and drinks with sweeteners. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Sweets213
Sweetened drinks70
Drinks with sweeteners61
Biscuits and cakes32
Milk and yoghurt22
Unsweetened drinks8

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 476 · France 100 · United Kingdom 55 · Spain 46.

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

What kind of ingredient is citrus pectin?

Citrus pectin is a kind of fruit pectin.

Kinds of citrus pectinLemon pectin

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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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