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

Mandarin peel is a kind of mandarin. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 43 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.

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Does mandarin peel contain an allergen?

Mandarin 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 mandarin peel vegan?

Yes. Mandarin 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 mandarin peel have on a label?

On European labels it is “écorce de mandarine” in French, “Mandarinenschale” in German and “piel de mandarina” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

French
écorce de mandarine
German
Mandarinenschale
Spanish
piel de mandarina
Italian
scorze di mandarino
Dutch
mandarijnschilletjes
Portuguese
casca de tangerina
Polish
skórka mandarynki
Swedish
mandarinskal
Danish
mandarinskaller
Finnish
mandariinin kuoret
Czech
mandarinková kůra
Hungarian
mandarinhéj
Romanian
coajă de mandarim
Croatian
kora mandarine

Which foods contain mandarin peel?

Open Food Facts lists mandarin peel or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 43 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Unsweetened drinks17
  • Sweetened drinks10
  • Sweets3
  • Biscuits and cakes2
  • Poultry1
  • Dressings and sauces1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 29 · United States 6 · Germany 5 · Spain 4.

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

What kind of ingredient is mandarin peel?

Mandarin peel is a kind of mandarin.

Kinds of mandarin peelMandarin with 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: Mandarin 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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