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

Quince 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 493 products, most often in sweets.

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Does quince contain an allergen?

Quince 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 quince vegan?

Yes. Quince 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 quince have on a label?

In English quince can also read “quinces”. On European labels it is “coing” in French, “Quitte” in German and “membrillo” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishquinces
French
coing, coings
German
Quitte, Quitten
Spanish
membrillo, membrillos
Italian
Mele cotogne, cotogne
Dutch
Kweepeer, kweeperen
Portuguese
marmelos
Polish
pigwa, pigwy
Swedish
kvitten
Danish
Kvæde, kveder
Finnish
kvitteni, kvitteniä
Czech
kdoulí
Hungarian
birsalma
Romanian
gutuilor, gutuie
Croatian
dunje

Which foods contain quince?

Open Food Facts lists quince or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 493 products, most often sweets, fruit and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Spain.

  • Sweets168
  • Fruit84
  • Biscuits and cakes50
  • Unsweetened drinks34
  • Sweetened drinks26
  • Baby foods15

Products with it, by country of sale: France 211 · United States 75 · Spain 57 · Germany 46.

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

What kind of ingredient is quince?

Quince is a kind of fruit.

Kinds of quinceQuince jellyRaw quinces

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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: Quince
  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. Wikipedia: Quince

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