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Medjool dates on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Medjool dates are a kind of date. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 165 products, most often in dried fruit.
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Do medjool dates contain an allergen?
Medjool dates are 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.
Are medjool dates vegan?
Yes. Medjool dates are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.
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What other names do medjool dates have on a label?
On European labels they are “dattes Medjool” in French, “Medjool Datteln” in German and “dátiles Medjool” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- French
- dattes Medjool
- German
- Medjool Datteln
- Spanish
- dátiles Medjool
- Italian
- Datteri Medjool
- Dutch
- Medjool dadels
- Portuguese
- Tâmaras Medjool
- Polish
- daktyle medjool, daktyle odmiany medjoool
- Croatian
- medjool datulje
Which foods contain medjool dates?
Open Food Facts lists medjool dates in the ingredients of 165 products, most often dried fruit, fruit and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 103 · France 33 · United Kingdom 10 · Canada 7.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where medjool dates turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are medjool dates?
Medjool dates are a kind of date.
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- Open Food Facts: Medjool dates
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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