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Ingredient dictionary

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

Redcurrant is one of the berries. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,616 products, most often in sweets. Per 100 g: about 69 kcal and 1.6 g protein.

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

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Does redcurrant contain an allergen?

Redcurrant 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 redcurrant vegan?

Yes. Redcurrant 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 redcurrant have on a label?

In English redcurrant can also read “red currant”. On European labels it is “groseille” in French, “rote Johannisbeere” in German and “grosella roja” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishred currant

French: groseille, groseilles
German: rote Johannisbeere, rote Johannisbeeren
Spanish: grosella roja, grosellas rojas
Italian: ribes rosso
Dutch: aalbes, rode bes
Portuguese: groselha, groselhas vermelhas
Polish: czerwona porzeczka, czerwonej porzeczki
Swedish: röda vinbär
Danish: røde bær, ribs
Finnish: Punaherukka, punaherukkaa
Czech: červený rybíz, červené rybízy
Hungarian: piros ribiszke
Romanian: coacaze rosii, coacăzelor roșii
Croatian: crveni ribiz

Which foods contain redcurrant?

Open Food Facts lists redcurrant or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,616 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Sweets352
Biscuits and cakes172
Breakfast cereals150
Fruit136
Sweetened drinks109
Unsweetened drinks107

Products with it, by country of sale: France 922 · Germany 250 · United Kingdom 125 · Belgium 102.

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

How many calories are in redcurrant?

Redcurrant has about 69 kcal per 100 g, with 1.6 g protein, 7.1 g carbohydrate and 0.7 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Red currant, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

69kcal per 100 g

1.6g protein

7.1g carbohydrate

0.7g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 6.6 g, saturated fat 0.2 g, fibre 4.6 g, salt 0.01 g, energy 289 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 13019. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is redcurrant?

Redcurrant is one of the berries.

Kinds of redcurrantRed currant juice

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