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Ingredient dictionary

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

Fig is a kind of fruit. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,231 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 69 kcal and 1.2 g protein.

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

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Does fig contain an allergen?

Fig 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 fig vegan?

Yes. Fig 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 fig have on a label?

In English fig can also read “figs”. On European labels it is “figue” in French, “Feigen” in German and “higo” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishfigs

French: figue
German: Feigen
Spanish: higo, higos
Italian: fico, fichi
Dutch: vijg, vijgen
Polish: figa, figi
Swedish: fikon
Danish: figen
Finnish: viikuna
Czech: fík, fíky
Croatian: smokva, smokve
Turkish: incir

Which foods contain fig?

Open Food Facts lists fig or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,231 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and dried fruit. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes579
Sweets464
Dried fruit346
Breakfast cereals261
Fruit122
Dressings and sauces100

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,639 · United States 715 · Germany 411 · Switzerland 126.

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

How many calories are in fig?

Fig has about 69 kcal per 100 g, with 1.2 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Fig, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

69kcal per 100 g

1.2g protein

14g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 12 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 4.1 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 293 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13012. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is fig?

Fig is a kind of fruit.

Kinds of figPajarero Figs

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