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Giant squash on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Giant squash 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 1,001 products, most often in soups.
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Does giant squash contain an allergen?
Giant squash 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 giant squash vegan?
Yes. Giant squash is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does giant squash have on a label?
On European labels it is “potiron” in French, “Riesen-Kürbis” in German and “calabaza gigante” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- potiron
- German
- Riesen-Kürbis
- Spanish
- calabaza gigante
- Italian
- zucca gigante
- Dutch
- reuzenpompoen
- Portuguese
- abóbora-gigante
- Polish
- dynia olbrzymia
- Swedish
- jättepumpa
- Norwegian
- kjempegresskar
- Finnish
- jättikurpitsa, talvisquash
- Czech
- tykev velkoplodá, dýně obrovská
- Hungarian
- óriástök
- Romanian
- dovleac, bostanul
- Croatian
- divovska tikva
- Turkish
- helvacı kabağı
Which foods contain giant squash?
Open Food Facts lists giant squash in the ingredients of 1,001 products, most often soups, ready meals and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 926 · Belgium 75 · Switzerland 40 · Spain 22.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where giant squash turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is giant squash?
Giant squash is a kind of fruit vegetable.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Giant squash
- 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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