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Ingredient dictionary

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

Papaya is a kind of fruit. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,070 products, most often in sweetened drinks. Per 100 g: about 42 kcal and 0.8 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does papaya contain an allergen?

Papaya 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 papaya vegan?

Yes. Papaya 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 papaya have on a label?

In English papaya can also read “papaw” or “pawpaw”. On European labels it is “papaye” in French, “papaia” in Italian and “papaja” in Dutch. The other 8 languages are listed below.

In Englishpapawpawpaw

French: papaye, papayes
Italian: papaia
Dutch: papaja
Portuguese: mamão, papaia
Polish: papaja, papają
Swedish: papaja
Danish: papaja
Finnish: papaija
Czech: papája, papáji
Hungarian: papaja
Croatian: papaja

Which foods contain papaya?

Open Food Facts lists papaya or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,070 products, most often sweetened drinks, unsweetened drinks and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Sweetened drinks173
Unsweetened drinks169
Breakfast cereals163
Dried fruit133
Fruit116
Biscuits and cakes79

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 859 · France 575 · Germany 141 · Spain 75.

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

How many calories are in papaya?

Papaya has about 42 kcal per 100 g, with 0.8 g protein, 8.5 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Papaya, pulp, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

42kcal per 100 g

0.8g protein

8.5g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 8.1 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.8 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 178 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13035. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is papaya?

Papaya is a kind of fruit.

Kinds of papayaCandied papaya

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