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

Pomegranate 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 2,506 products, most often in unsweetened drinks. Per 100 g: about 81 kcal and 1.4 g protein.

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Does pomegranate contain an allergen?

Pomegranate 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 pomegranate vegan?

Yes. Pomegranate 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 pomegranate have on a label?

On European labels it is “grenade” in French, “Granatapfel” in German and “granada” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

French
grenade
German
Granatapfel
Spanish
granada, granadas
Italian
melagrana
Dutch
granaatappel
Polish
granat, granatu
Swedish
granatäpple
Danish
granatæble
Norwegian
granateple
Finnish
granaattiomena
Czech
granátové jablko
Hungarian
gránátalma
Romanian
rodie
Croatian
nar

Which foods contain pomegranate?

Open Food Facts lists pomegranate or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,506 products, most often unsweetened drinks, sweetened drinks and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Unsweetened drinks571
  • Sweetened drinks318
  • Sweets133
  • Drinks with sweeteners97
  • Milk and yoghurt91
  • Dressings and sauces85

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,294 · France 536 · Germany 205 · United Kingdom 104.

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

How many calories are in pomegranate?

Pomegranate has about 81 kcal per 100 g, with 1.4 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate and 1.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Pomegranate, pulp and pips, raw” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

81kcal per 100 g
1.4g protein
14g carbohydrate
1.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 13 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 2.3 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 340 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13018 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pomegranate?

Pomegranate is a kind of fruit.

Kinds of pomegranatePomegranate Ruby Red

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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: Pomegranate
  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

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