Ingredient dictionary
Fruit pectin on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Whether fruit pectin carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 6,906 products, most often in sweets.
By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 3 sourcesHow we check
Does fruit pectin contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link fruit pectin to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
What other names does fruit pectin have on a label?
On European labels it is “pectine de fruit” in French, “Fruchtpektin” in German and “pectina de fruta” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.
- French
- pectine de fruit, pectines de fruits
- German
- Fruchtpektin
- Spanish
- pectina de fruta, pectinas de frutas
- Italian
- pectina di frutta
- Dutch
- vruchtenpectine, fruitpectine
- Polish
- pektyna owocowa, pektyna z owoców
- Danish
- frugtpektin
- Finnish
- hedelmäpektiini, hedelmäpektiinit
- Hungarian
- gyümölcspektin
- Croatian
- voćni pektin
Which foods contain fruit pectin?
Open Food Facts lists fruit pectin or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,906 products, most often sweets, milk and yoghurt and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Spain.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 3,214 · United States 2,882 · Spain 201 · United Kingdom 162.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where fruit pectin turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is fruit pectin?
Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers
Sources
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.
- Open Food Facts: Fruit pectin
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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