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

Pumpkin seed is a kind of seed. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 6,872 products, most often in breakfast cereals.

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Does pumpkin seed contain an allergen?

Pumpkin seed 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 vegan?

Yes. Pumpkin seed 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 have on a label?

In English pumpkin seed can also read “seeds of squash”. On European labels it is “graine de courge” in French, “Kürbiskern” in German and “semillas de calabaza” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishseeds of squash
French
graine de courge, graines de courge
German
Kürbiskern, Kürbiskerne
Spanish
semillas de calabaza
Italian
semi di zucca
Dutch
pompoenpitten
Portuguese
sementes de abóbora
Polish
nasiona dyni, ziarna dyni
Swedish
pumpafrö, pumpafrön
Danish
græskarkerne, græskarkerner
Finnish
kurpitsansiemen, kurpitsansiemenet
Hungarian
tökmag
Romanian
seminţe de dovleac
Croatian
bučine koštice, bučine sjemenke
Turkish
kabak çekirdeği

Which foods contain pumpkin seed?

Open Food Facts lists pumpkin seed or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,872 products, most often breakfast cereals, bread and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Breakfast cereals1,029
  • Bread744
  • Biscuits and cakes588
  • Pasta, rice and flour335
  • Ready meals221
  • Savoury snacks150

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,635 · France 1,605 · United Kingdom 695 · Germany 616.

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

What kind of ingredient is pumpkin seed?

Pumpkin seed is a kind of seed.

Kinds of pumpkin seedPumpkin seed flourOrganic pumpkin seed

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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
  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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