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Forest berries on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Forest berries are one of the berries. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 246 products, most often in milk and yoghurt.

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Do forest berries contain an allergen?

Forest berries are 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.

Are forest berries vegan?

Yes. Forest berries are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do forest berries have on a label?

On European labels they are “fruits des bois” in French, “frutas del bosque” in Spanish and “frutti di bosco” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
fruits des bois
Spanish
frutas del bosque
Italian
frutti di bosco, bacche di bosco
Dutch
bosvruchten
Polish
owoce leśne, owoców leśnych
Croatian
šumsko voće

Which foods contain forest berries?

Open Food Facts lists forest berries or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 246 products, most often milk and yoghurt, sweets and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and the Netherlands.

  • Milk and yoghurt66
  • Sweets47
  • Biscuits and cakes26
  • Sweetened drinks14
  • Breakfast cereals14
  • Unsweetened drinks11

Products with it, by country of sale: France 92 · Italy 69 · Netherlands 32 · Spain 32.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where forest berries turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are forest berries?

Forest berries are one of the berries.

Kinds of forest berriesForest berries paste

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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: Forest berries
  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

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