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

Lemon zest 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 1,639 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 51 kcal and 1.4 g protein.

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Does lemon zest contain an allergen?

Lemon zest 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 zest vegan?

Yes. Lemon zest 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 zest have on a label?

On European labels it is “zestes de citron” in French, “Zitronenzeste” in German and “ralladura de limón” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
zestes de citron, zeste de citron
German
Zitronenzeste, Zitronenabrieb
Spanish
ralladura de limón
Italian
scorza di limone
Dutch
citroenrasp, geraspte citroenschil
Swedish
citronzest
Croatian
korica limuna

Which foods contain lemon zest?

Open Food Facts lists lemon zest or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,639 products, most often ready meals, biscuits and cakes and oily fish. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals306
  • Biscuits and cakes258
  • Oily fish81
  • Unsweetened drinks74
  • Fish and seafood72
  • Dressings and sauces55

Products with it, by country of sale: France 938 · United States 254 · United Kingdom 248 · Switzerland 60.

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

How many calories are in lemon zest?

Lemon zest has about 51 kcal per 100 g, with 1.4 g protein, 5.4 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Lemon zest, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

51kcal per 100 g
1.4g protein
5.4g carbohydrate
0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 4.2 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 11 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 211 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13125. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is lemon zest?

Lemon zest is a kind of lemon.

Kinds of lemon zestPowdered lemon zest

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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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Lemon zest
  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. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0

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