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Ingredient dictionary

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

Pomelo is a kind of grapefruit. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 92 products, most often in sweetened drinks. Per 100 g: about 40 kcal and 0.3 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does pomelo contain an allergen?

Pomelo 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 pomelo vegan?

Yes. Pomelo 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 pomelo have on a label?

In English pomelo can also read “pummelo”. On European labels it is “pomelos” in French, “pomarańcza olbrzymia” in Polish and “honungspomelo” in Swedish. One more language is listed below.

In Englishpummelo

French: pomelos
Polish: pomarańcza olbrzymia
Swedish: honungspomelo
Croatian: grejpfrut

Which foods contain pomelo?

Open Food Facts lists pomelo or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 92 products, most often sweetened drinks, fruit and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, Spain and the United States.

Sweetened drinks25
Fruit20
Unsweetened drinks12
Sweets9
Milk and yoghurt1
Fats and spreads1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 50 · Spain 20 · United States 4 · Argentina 4.

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

How many calories are in pomelo?

Pomelo has about 40 kcal per 100 g, with 0.3 g protein, 8 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Grapefruit, pulp, raw” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

40kcal per 100 g

0.3g protein

8g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 6.6 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 0.8 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 169 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13040 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pomelo?

Pomelo is a kind of grapefruit.

Kinds of pomeloGrapefruit or pomeloPomelo juiceRed pomeloCorsican pomeloPomelo pulpStar ruby pomelo

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