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Ingredient dictionary

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

Cucumber 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 10,726 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 16 kcal and 0.6 g protein.

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

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Does cucumber contain an allergen?

Cucumber 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 cucumber vegan?

Yes. Cucumber 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 cucumber have on a label?

In English cucumber can also read “cucumbers”. On European labels it is “concombre” in French, “pepino” in Spanish and “cetrioli” in Italian. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishcucumbers

French: concombre
Spanish: pepino
Italian: cetrioli
Dutch: komkommer, komkommers
Portuguese: pepino
Polish: Ogórek, ogórki
Swedish: gurka, gurkor
Danish: agurk, agurker
Norwegian: agurk
Finnish: kurkku, kurkut
Czech: Okurek
Hungarian: uborka
Romanian: Castravete, castraveți
Croatian: krastavac, krastavci
Turkish: salatalık, hıyar

Which foods contain cucumber?

Open Food Facts lists cucumber or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 10,726 products, most often ready meals, salty and fatty foods and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Ready meals1,629
Salty and fatty foods1,516
Dressings and sauces973
Sandwiches594
Unsweetened drinks401
Soups303

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 4,135 · France 2,884 · Germany 1,575 · United Kingdom 472.

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

How many calories are in cucumber?

Cucumber has about 16 kcal per 100 g, with 0.6 g protein, 2.5 g carbohydrate and 0.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Cucumber, pulp and peel, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

16kcal per 100 g

0.6g protein

2.5g carbohydrate

0.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.7 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0.6 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 66 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20019. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is cucumber?

Cucumber is a kind of fruit vegetable.

Kinds of cucumberPickled cucumber Baby cucumber Cucumber or gherkin Cucumber juice Vinegar cucumbersRaw cucumber pulp and peelRaw Cucumber pulp

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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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