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Ingredient dictionary

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

Courgette is a kind of fruit vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,581 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 17 kcal and 1.2 g protein.

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

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Does courgette contain an allergen?

Courgette 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 courgette vegan?

Yes. Courgette 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 courgette have on a label?

In English courgette can also read “zucchini”. On European labels it is “Zucchini” in German, “calabacín” in Spanish and “Zucchina” in Italian. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishzucchini

German: Zucchini
Spanish: calabacín, calabacin
Italian: Zucchina, zucchini
Portuguese: curgete
Polish: cukinia, cukinii
Swedish: squash, Zucchini
Danish: squash
Norwegian: squash
Finnish: kesäkurpitsa, kesäkurpitsaa
Czech: cuketa
Hungarian: cukkini
Romanian: Dovlecel, dovlecei
Croatian: tikvice, tikvica
Turkish: sakız kabağı

Which foods contain courgette?

Open Food Facts lists courgette or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 7,581 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and soups. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Ready meals2,623
Vegetables747
Soups506
Pizzas, pies and quiches335
Dressings and sauces296
Baby foods206

Products with it, by country of sale: France 4,629 · United States 961 · Germany 630 · Spain 344.

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

How many calories are in courgette?

Courgette has about 17 kcal per 100 g, with 1.2 g protein, 1.8 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for food 20020 in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

17kcal per 100 g

1.2g protein

1.8g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.8 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 1.1 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 69 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20020. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is courgette?

Courgette is a kind of fruit vegetable.

Kinds of courgetteGrilled courgetteDried courgette

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