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Lemon peel on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Lemon peel is a kind of lemon. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 3,883 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does lemon peel contain an allergen?

Lemon peel 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 lemon peel vegan?

Yes. Lemon peel 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 lemon peel have on a label?

In English lemon peel can also read “lemon rind”. On European labels it is “écorce de citron” in French, “Zitronenschalen” in German and “cáscara de limón” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishlemon rind
French
écorce de citron, écorces de citron
German
Zitronenschalen, Zitronenschale
Spanish
cáscara de limón
Dutch
citroenschil, schillen citroen
Portuguese
casca de limão
Polish
skórka cytryny, skórka z cytryny
Swedish
citronskal
Danish
citronskal
Finnish
sitruunankuori
Czech
citrónová kůra
Romanian
coajă de lămâie
Croatian
limunova korica

Which foods contain lemon peel?

Open Food Facts lists lemon peel or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 3,883 products, most often biscuits and cakes, unsweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes833
  • Unsweetened drinks475
  • Sweets226
  • Ready meals157
  • Dressings and sauces133
  • Sweetened drinks68

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,486 · France 894 · Germany 700 · United Kingdom 429.

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

What kind of ingredient is lemon peel?

Lemon peel is a kind of lemon.

Kinds of lemon peelLemon peel extractRaw lemon peel

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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: Lemon peel
  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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