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Ingredient dictionary

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

Pumpkin is a kind of fruit vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 11,956 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 15 kcal and 1.1 g protein.

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

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Does pumpkin contain an allergen?

Pumpkin 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 vegan?

Yes. Pumpkin 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 have on a label?

On European labels it is “courge” in French, “Kürbis” in German and “calabaza” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French: courge, citrouille
German: Kürbis, Kürbisse
Spanish: calabaza, zapallo
Italian: zucca
Dutch: pompoen
Portuguese: abóbora
Polish: Dynia, dyni
Swedish: Pumpa
Danish: Græskar
Norwegian: gresskar
Finnish: kurpitsa
Czech: dýně
Hungarian: Tök
Croatian: bundeva, bundeve
Turkish: kabak

Which foods contain pumpkin?

Open Food Facts lists pumpkin or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 11,956 products, most often biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes1,121
Breakfast cereals1,120
Bread830
Ready meals593
Sweets563
Pasta, rice and flour486

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 4,588 · France 2,691 · Germany 1,203 · United Kingdom 947.

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

How many calories are in pumpkin?

Pumpkin has about 15 kcal per 100 g, with 1.1 g protein, 1.6 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Squash, all types, raw” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

15kcal per 100 g

1.1g protein

1.6g carbohydrate

0.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1.6 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 1.3 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 63 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20139 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pumpkin?

Pumpkin is a kind of fruit vegetable.

Kinds of pumpkinRed kuri squash Pumpkin juicePumpkin pulpCarrot and pumpkin concentrateRaw pumpkin

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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.

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