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Custard apple on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Custard apple is a kind of fruit. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan.

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Does custard apple contain an allergen?

Custard apple 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 custard apple vegan?

Yes. Custard apple 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 custard apple have on a label?

In English custard apple can also read “cherimoya”. On European labels it is “Rahmapfel” in German, “chirimoya” in Spanish and “mela crema” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

In Englishcherimoya
German
Rahmapfel
Spanish
chirimoya
Italian
mela crema, frutto dell'Annona reticulata
Croatian
kremasta jabuka

Which foods contain custard apple?

Open Food Facts lists custard apple or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 14 products, most often ice cream, fruit and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in Bolivia, Spain and the United States.

  • Ice cream4
  • Fruit4
  • Biscuits and cakes2

Products with it, by country of sale: Bolivia 5 · Spain 4 · United States 3 · United Kingdom 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is custard apple?

Custard apple is a kind of fruit.

Kinds of custard appleRaw custard apple

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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: Custard apple
  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: Custard apple

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