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Ingredient dictionary

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

Lemon is a kind of citrus fruit. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 21,992 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 28 kcal and 0.3 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does lemon contain an allergen?

Lemon 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 vegan?

Yes. Lemon 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “citron” in French, “Zitrone” in German and “limón” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: citron, citrons
German: Zitrone, Zitronen
Spanish: limón, limones
Italian: limone, limoni
Dutch: citroen
Portuguese: limão
Polish: cytryna, cytryny
Swedish: citron, citron frukt
Danish: citron, citroner
Norwegian: sitron
Finnish: sitruuna, sitruunaa
Czech: citron
Hungarian: citrom
Romanian: lămâie, lamaie
Croatian: limun, limuna
Turkish: limon

Which foods contain lemon?

Open Food Facts lists lemon or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 21,992 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Sweets2,784
Biscuits and cakes2,347
Sweetened drinks2,036
Unsweetened drinks1,637
Ready meals1,150
Dressings and sauces944

Products with it, by country of sale: France 8,085 · United States 6,016 · Germany 2,491 · United Kingdom 1,720.

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

How many calories are in lemon?

Lemon has about 28 kcal per 100 g, with 0.3 g protein, 1.6 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Lemon, pulp, raw” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

28kcal per 100 g

0.3g protein

1.6g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.8 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0.3 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 118 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13009 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is lemon?

Lemon is a kind of citrus fruit.

Kinds of lemonLemon peel Lemon oil Lemon zest Lemon puree Lemon pulpPreserved lemonLemon cellsCandied lemon zestConcentrated lemon extractRaw peeled lemonEureka lemonVerna lemon

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