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

Guava 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 1,710 products, most often in sweetened drinks.

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Does guava contain an allergen?

Guava 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 guava vegan?

Yes. Guava 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 guava have on a label?

In English guava can also read “guavas”. On European labels it is “goyave” in French, “Guaven” in German and “guayaba” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishguavas
French
goyave, goyaves
German
Guaven
Spanish
guayaba
Italian
guaiave, guaiava
Portuguese
goiaba
Polish
gujawa, gruszla
Danish
guavabær
Finnish
hedelmäguava, guavat
Czech
kvajáva, kvajávy

Which foods contain guava?

Open Food Facts lists guava in the ingredients of 1,710 products, most often sweetened drinks, unsweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Sweetened drinks539
  • Unsweetened drinks369
  • Sweets111
  • Drinks with sweeteners92
  • Fruit86
  • Biscuits and cakes33

Products with it, by country of sale: France 645 · United States 573 · Germany 138 · Spain 68.

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

What kind of ingredient is guava?

Guava is a kind of fruit.

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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: Guava
  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: Guava

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