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

Orange zest is a kind of orange. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 5,665 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does orange zest contain an allergen?

Orange 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 orange zest vegan?

Yes. Orange 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 orange zest have on a label?

In English orange zest can also read “orange peel”. On European labels it is “zeste d'orange” in French, “Orangenschale” in German and “cáscara de naranja” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishorange peel
French
zeste d'orange, zestes d'orange
German
Orangenschale, Orangenschalen
Spanish
cáscara de naranja, corteza de naranja
Italian
scorza d'arancia, scorze di arancia
Dutch
sinaasappelschil, sinaasappelschillen
Portuguese
casca de laranja, gasca de laranja
Polish
skórka pomarańczowa, skórka pomarańczy
Swedish
apelsinskal
Danish
orangeskal
Finnish
appelsiininkuori, appelsiinikuori
Czech
pomerančová kůra, pomerančové kůry
Hungarian
narancshéj
Croatian
narančina korica, narančina kora
Turkish
portakal kabuğu

Which foods contain orange zest?

Open Food Facts lists orange zest or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 5,665 products, most often biscuits and cakes, unsweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes1,205
  • Unsweetened drinks785
  • Sweets659
  • Pastries427
  • Chocolate196
  • Sweetened drinks168

Products with it, by country of sale: France 2,093 · United States 1,507 · Germany 947 · United Kingdom 443.

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

What kind of ingredient is orange zest?

Orange zest is a kind of orange.

Kinds of orange zestRaw orange peelOrganic orange zest

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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: Orange 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

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