Ingredient dictionary

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

Orange 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 25,357 products, most often in unsweetened drinks. Per 100 g: about 46 kcal and 0.8 g protein.

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Does orange contain an allergen?

Orange 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 vegan?

Yes. Orange 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “Orangen” in German, “naranja” in Spanish and “arancia” in Italian. The other 12 languages are listed below.

German
Orangen, Apfelsine
Spanish
naranja
Italian
arancia
Dutch
sinaasappel, sinaasappels
Portuguese
laranja
Polish
pomarańcza, pomarańczowy
Swedish
Apelsin, apelsiner
Danish
appelsin, appelsiner
Norwegian
appelsin
Finnish
appelsiini
Czech
pomeranč
Hungarian
narancs
Romanian
Portocal
Croatian
naranča, naranče
Turkish
Portakal

Which foods contain orange?

Open Food Facts lists orange or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 25,357 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Unsweetened drinks5,842
  • Sweetened drinks3,775
  • Sweets2,838
  • Biscuits and cakes1,980
  • Drinks with sweeteners798
  • Dressings and sauces592

Products with it, by country of sale: France 8,601 · United States 7,322 · Germany 3,496 · United Kingdom 1,393.

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

How many calories are in orange?

Orange has about 46 kcal per 100 g, with 0.8 g protein, 8 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Orange, pulp, raw” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

46kcal per 100 g
0.8g protein
8g carbohydrate
0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 7.6 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 2.7 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 192 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13034 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is orange?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, orange sits under citrus fruit and fruit.

Kinds of orangeOrange juiceOrange zestOrange pulpBlood orangeOrange cellsCalamansiApple with orange juiceOrange terpeneEating orangeRaw florida orangesRaw navel orangeRaw orange with peel

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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: Orange
  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
  5. Wikipedia: Orange (fruit)

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