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Pumpkin seed oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Pumpkin seed oil is a kind of vegetable oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 130 products, most often in fats and spreads.

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Does pumpkin seed oil contain an allergen?

Pumpkin seed oil 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 pumpkin seed oil vegan?

Yes. Pumpkin seed oil 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 pumpkin seed oil have on a label?

On European labels it is “huile de pépins de courge” in French, “Kürbiskern-Öl” in German and “aceite de semillas de calabaza” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

French
huile de pépins de courge
German
Kürbiskern-Öl, Kürbiskernöl
Spanish
aceite de semillas de calabaza
Italian
olio di semi di zucca
Portuguese
óleo de semente de abóbora
Polish
olej z pestek dyni
Swedish
pumpafröolja
Danish
græskarkerneolie
Finnish
kurpitsansiemenöljy
Czech
dýňový olej
Hungarian
tökmagolaj
Croatian
bučino ulje

Which foods contain pumpkin seed oil?

Open Food Facts lists pumpkin seed oil or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 130 products, most often fats and spreads, biscuits and cakes and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and France.

  • Fats and spreads33
  • Biscuits and cakes9
  • Dressings and sauces6
  • Sweets4
  • Soups3
  • Sweetened drinks1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 84 · Germany 21 · France 13 · Austria 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is pumpkin seed oil?

Pumpkin seed oil is a kind of vegetable oil.

Kinds of pumpkin seed oilOrganic pumpkin seed oil

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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: Pumpkin seed oil
  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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